Has anyone else heard about the new protest that Santa is supposed to start saying "Ha, ha, ha" instead of "ho, ho, ho"?  One story claims it scares kids. Another says it's degrading to women, or something to that effect. First, kids who are afraid of Santa will run screaming long before he has a chance to speak (or so I've seen in my experience). ( Read more... )

 
(This post was inspired by this blog entry by FlyingGirl.)

Wow. What an amazing thought... if only people could be taught to look for joy & happyness & what feeds their soul.. Most people are just taught to exist, to scrape through life like everyone else does. No one stops to ask anymore what truly fills their soul. Children are not given time to ( Read more... )

Five Ways to Believe in Yourself: From the Muse, Audacity

By Jill Badonsky, M.Ed.

“Power is the ability not to have to please.”
- Elizabeth Janeway

We tend to be attracted to confident, bold, defiant people in the world of art. Many times audacity can go further than even talent. The talented artist, writer, or musician who does not show belief and ( Read more... )

You may be someone who understands the true nature of reality, perceiving deeply that we all emanate from the same source, that we are all essentially one, and that we are here on earth to love one another. To understand this is to be awakened to the true nature of the self, and it is a blessing. Nevertheless, people who just don't get it are ( Read more... )