โBlessed are they who mourn for they will be comfortedโ Matthew 5:4 Super grateful to David Kessler, FACHE, the worldโs most renowned grief expert, for having completed his Grief Educator Certification Program and bringing his comprehensive and unique methodology, tools, and decades of experience to help us better navigate the many challenges associated with grief. …
โ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐, ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐จโ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ , ๐๐ I am honored to be joining the Board of Trustees at the Loyola Jesuit Center in Morristown, NJ to help develop a new Strategic Plan for this awe inspiring place that has been a special home to so many retreatants like myself …
The Search for Meaning in Your Grief “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not “get over” the loss of a loved one, you will learn to live with it, you will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will …
โThe degree to which a person can grow is in direct proportion to the amount of truth they can accept about themselves without running away.โ Leland Val Van De Wall When I read this quote the other day I literally stopped what I was doing as it really hit home for me in a deeply …
John Kinsella: โItโs so beautiful here.โ Ray Kinsella: โWell for me itโs like a dream come true.โ John Kinsella: โCan I ask you something? Is thisheaven?” Ray Kinsella: โItโs Iowa!โ John Kinsella: โIowa?โ Ray Kinsella: โYeah!โ John Kinsella: โI could have sworn it was heaven.โ Ray Kinsella: โIs there a heaven?โ John Kinsella: โOh yeah! Itโs the place dreams cometrue.โ Ray Kinsella: …
โMaybe the journey isnโt so much about becoming anything. Maybe itโs about un-becoming everything that isnโt really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.โ Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage The Call of the Camino Today I leave for what I hope will be …
โThings that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter leastโ. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe The Constant Tug of War Between Our Clock and Our Compass Managing our daily tasks and activities has always been a challenge even before the global pandemic hit in March 2020. The โbusynessโ associated with a calendar …
โTherefore, keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.” Matthew 25:13 โI’ve looked in the mirror. My world’s getting clearer. So, wait for me this time.โ Lyrics from the song โTimeโ by Chantal Kreviazuk, 2002 Getting Back in the Pool Again Earlier this week, I was finally able to get back …
Even nowโ, declares the Lord โReturn to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love.โ Joel 2: 12-13 The Three Pillars of Lent — Prayer, Fasting, …
Tabula Rasa — a Latin phrase often translated as โclean slateโ Another Christmas season has come and gone. Of course it was a virtual Holiday and one that was far different than any one before it because of COVID-19. We still unwrapped the presents under our Christmas tree but this time we did so with our …
