Spiritual Development

When I was an adolescent, and sometimes into my twenties, I was impatient for the freedom to be my own boss – to find the “real” me and freely pursue my own dreams.  I thought that real freedom was to have no restraints or restrictions – to be able to do whatever I thought I …

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It took a hurricane to really test  what I had learned as a youth – love your neighbors, look out for them, give them as much from your heart as you give to yourself. We had been warned for several days that Hurricane Sandy was coming.  Radio and TV news advised listeners to get a …

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