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You Are My Peace (Beautiful Song)

On September 9, 2026

In Guest Posts, Love & Relationships, Songs (Original), Spirituality

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Guest Post by Riley Carson

This song was inspired by Franz Schubert’s beautiful song Du bist die Ruh (“You Are My Rest”), widely regarded as one of Schubert’s finest songs and a profound expression of love, peace, and devotion in the German art-song tradition.

The original German poem (lyrics) was written by the renowned German poet Friedrich Rückert. I began with an English translation of Rückert’s words and then reworked the text to preserve the spirit and poetic imagery of the original while expressing it in contemporary English. I set the resulting lyrics to music in a contemporary devotional style, creating my own musical interpretation inspired by Schubert’s timeless work.

Child’s Play

By Michael Avery

On September 2, 2026

In Conscious Living, Guest Posts, Love & Relationships, Spirituality, Synchronicity

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Gloria Lionz

The inspiration for this piece came after meeting several family members of a dear friend. Everyone was friendly but cautious about ‘who’ I was to their family member. There are so many ways to “be” with ‘strangers’ – Open, curious, welcoming, suspicious. After 2 days of interactions, I wondered how I could shift my responses to their vibes; just be myself.

I heard: “Oh, that’s child’s play.” The poem took me the rest of the way…

Blessing the Moment

By Michael Avery

On August 26, 2026

In Guest Posts, Health & Healing, Love & Relationships, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 4 minutes

Guest Post by Jim Jackson

In the fall of 2008, at our monthly Kaiser hospice volunteer in-service training meeting, we discussed the following talk given by Dr. Jessica L. Israel. For me, personally, it was a smaller spiritual wake-up call preceding the major spiritual wake-up call two months later when my wife, Molly, suddenly passed-on, with no warning or cause ever found. “It was a very big deal!“

At the end, I will ask a question, one I ask myself several times a day.

“Have I missed the moment – the ‘WOW’? Or did I remember to BLESS it?”

Grace (Intro and Poem)

By Michael Avery

On August 5, 2026

In Guest Posts, Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Poetry, Spiritual Exercises, Spirituality

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by Gloria Lionz

For over 25 years, I’ve written and shared a Christmas season poem with family and friends.

Each year Spirit leads. I begin by asking the Universe what that year’s theme will be. The wording of my question changes but the intent remains: “What theme does Spirit want me to explore?” And, “how can what I share about it help the reader better realize their link to life’s gifts?”

“Leaning In” (with Ho’oponopono)

By Michael Avery

On July 28, 2026

In Conscious Living, Health & Healing, Ho'oponopono, Love & Relationships, Spirituality

Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Michael Avery

Life will flow better once we understand how to extract every ounce of wisdom from those experiences we so readily label as “bad.” The trick is to “lean in.”

Giving an unpleasant experience our full attention sounds counterproductive and a little crazy, kind of like leaning into a roundhouse punch. Why not just ignore it and watch some old reruns of “Seinfeld?”

Because. dear friends, the unpleasant experience will follow us with the dogged determination of a “Terminator.”

The Spiritual Art of People Watching

By Michael Avery

On July 22, 2026

In Guest Posts, Love & Relationships, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

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Guest Post by Jim Jackson

In reviewing my personal journal of 2020, I found the following enlightening entry of April 16th, written during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

It has now become a great dislike to go to the grocery store, although I’m so grateful to have that opportunity: thankful for the food being there and being able to afford purchasing it. I’m also thankful for the producers, the factory workers, the field workers, the shippers, and the store workers for risking their health during their hard work so that we, the fortunate ones, might eat comfortably.

Today’s To-Do List (Story & Poem)

By Michael Avery

On July 7, 2026

In Guest Posts, Inner Guidance, Love & Relationships, Poetry, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Guest Post by Gloria Lionz

I attended a leadership conference in Vermont in June. It took me 29 hours to reach my final destination. Yes, I ‘flew’ there but the ‘schedule’ changed according to Spirit (not as advertised by the airline carrier). Chalk this TIRING EXPERIENCE up to Holy Spirit’s ‘way’ of arranging things for me to meet an entirely different group of people; sharing heart-to-heart stories as well as commiserating about mutual travel challenges.

The Cancer Doc & A Humbling Experience

By Michael Avery

On June 24, 2026

In Divine Love, Guest Posts, Health & Healing, Love & Relationships, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by Jim Jackson

On Friday afternoon I had a checkup appointment with Dr. Edward Chang, an oncologist and hematologist. I was seeing him for the latter purpose—not for cancer treatment.

Since my first appointment with my new PC physician and her concern with a slightly low reading in my platelet count, I’ve seen Dr. Chang on four separate occasions now, each time with a three-month extension from my recheck. Next time is a year from now.

Every Picture Tells a Story–Literally

By Michael Avery

On June 16, 2026

In Conscious Living, HU: An Ancient Mantra, Love & Relationships, Spirituality

Reading Time: 2 minutes

By Michael Avery

I’m sure you’ve heard the question, “What is this painting saying to you?”

I always passed it off as merely a metaphor asked by a salesperson in an art gallery intent on making another sale. But recently I had a realization that revealed a deeper, hidden meaning of the question.

Thy Will, Not Mine (Poem)

By Michael Avery

On May 20, 2026

In Guest Posts, Love & Relationships, Personal Growth, Poetry, Spirituality

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by Gloria Lionz

“When an insight lands in a dream, repeats itself even after waking from a dream, going back to sleep & hearing the same message, it’s evident Spirit wants me to do something with that ‘urgent’ message. With zero concern for ‘what time of day’ Spirit speaks, I now have a simple option that honors the ‘gift’ while helping me get the rest I need. I jot down any phrase and/or highlights and title in a notebook I keep bedside. Then, when I’m fully awake, I sit down at my computer and record the “rest of the message.”

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