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So??? What kind of hope is in you? Notice I didn’t ask the content – what you are hoping for – I’m talking about type. Does your hope look more like ‘wishes’ or more like faith? Hope is one of those words that is bandied about, like love, but rarely defined. So, Cosmic Reader, how […]

Have you ever thought about how much excess baggage you carry around when you don’t forgive? And that includes forgiving yourself! But we’ll talk about self-forgiveness at another time. We’re talking here about forgiving others.Think about it… first you have to remember why it is you haven’t forgiven, next you have to know how this

…or at least we become our choices. The decisions we make continue to define who we are – either to reinforce or refine, rarely to contradict.Decisions should never be willy nilly but there also does come a point in which you have garnered enough facts, thought through the ramification, selected your best (never settled for

Do you know what you’re passionate about Cosmic Reader? I know mine… well, at least the current ones. Some have stayed with me for years, some fade away, and some are added. For example: when I was teaching in college I was passionate about what I was teaching and what I hoped the students would

Do you know what your mission is Cosmic Reader? We all have one you know, whether or not we’ve discovered it yet. A mission goes beyond work, it goes beyond family though either/both can be involved as part of your mission.Does the mission change? Good question. My personal opinion is that the only way it

If you were walking my Katie (Scottish Terrier) you wouldn’t have any other option but to stop and smell the roses. Katie never discovered a blade of grass she didn’t like. She was forever smelling the flowers and whatever else was her fancy. Granted an argument could be made that she was merely sniffing where

Whoever is responsible for that quote needs to rethink. Blithely going through life willy nilly is so … irrational.Ignorance is not a blissful state, it can be quite frustrating and always incomplete. To me, choosing ignorance is a cop out … and yes, there are those who would choose not knowing since it gives them

Big word, responsible. It carries with it a definition with very ‘heavy’ implications. One can’t lightly use the word nor ignore it.I’ve always believed that you are responsible for what you know. One really can’t un-know something one knows. You can try and ignore it or conveniently put it in the back of your closet

Putting down in black and white what it is you think, what you believe forces you to acknowledge precisely. Seeing what you believe is more powerful than just ‘thinking’ it, which is why I always recommend you write this down as a basis for review. Remember, what it is you are saying doesn’t have to

I’ve always liked this Frost poem and can easily picture a path coming to a fork with, at least, two choices of directions. Where I might differ from others is that my view is that you can ALWAYS change your direction if you find you’ve not made your best choice. My suggestion is to never