(Google picture) Dragonfly Spirit Animal & Totem By Elena Harris, SpiritAnimal.com Editor   The dragonfly totem carries the wisdom of transformation and adaptability in life.  As spirit animal, the dragonfly is connected to the symbolism of change and light.  When the dragonfly shows up in your life, it may remind you to bring a bit…

Alice, age 39 and her son before the camp                Alice having fun                      Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Sommer, (26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014) was a pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian from Bohemia, and a survivor of the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where she was sent by the Nazis because of her Jewish origins.  She…

One of my wife’s favorite passages on forgiveness and healing by Deepak Chopra in his book, The Deeper Wound: “Forgiveness belongs to the heart.  You can understand its value, you can believe that it is moral, good, upright and righteous to forgive – but if you don’t feel it, forgiveness is forced.  Countless times you…

“We are not responding to this instant if we are judging any aspect of it.  The ego looks for what to criticize.  This always involves comparing with the past.  But love looks upon the world peacefully and accepts.  The ego searches for shortcomings and weaknesses.  Love watches for any sign of strength.  Its sees how…

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