The journey to heal myself and my life…
Posted in Attitude / Beliefs, Quotes on Jun 15th, 2011
I love inspirational quotes. They only take a moment to read, yet they can impart immeasurable wisdom on a variety of topics. For this reason, I’ve decided to include quotes as a regular feature of “The Healing Project.” The topics will vary, but I know that I will enjoy sharing some of my favorite inspirational [...]
Posted in General / Principles on May 25th, 2011
It’s been almost four months since I made a new post to this blog. It wasn’t my intention to end the blog when I stopped posting; life simply got in the way and I kept pushing out my next post week after week, until four months had gone by! At times, I would tell myself [...]
Posted in General / Principles, Helpful Practices, Relationships on Jan 26th, 2011
Now that we are well into the New Year, I have a few thought-provoking questions for you to consider: What will this year be about for you? How do you want this year to be different from last year? What do you want to create in 2011?
Questions like the ones above can be addressed in a simple but meaningful fashion by creating a theme for the year. This concept was brought to light for me about five years ago when I attended a special New Year’s Eve church service. The service involved a ritual termed the “burning bowl and white stone ceremony” and consisted of two parts. We were first instructed to write down all of the things which didn’t work for us in the previous year. We then ripped up the pages we had written and tossed them into a fire, as a way of letting go of our burdens and clearing the way for new creation.
The second portion of the ceremony began with a period of guided visualization, during which we meditated upon what we wanted for ourselves in the coming year. The purpose of this exercise was to generate a single word or phrase which would be our guiding theme for the coming year. We were given a small white stone on which to write our theme word so we could keep it in mind as the year progressed.
Posted in General / Principles on Dec 31st, 2010
As we move into the final hours of 2010, I thought it would be appropriate to do a “best of” post for “The Healing Project.”
I started this blog in February 2010 and have made 50 posts to date. Regular weekly posts will resume next week (and will continue at least through February 2011 – most likely longer).
I have designated the following posts as the “Top 10 Posts of 2010.” This designation was made based upon several criteria: post popularity, comments and feedback from others (either directly on the blog or to me personally), and my personal feelings about which posts were my best of the year. The posts are listed from most recent to least recent and a post summary is included. To read a post in its entirety, click on the post title.
