Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD

Listen to her lectures and reading her book changed and changes my life continuously. She is one who knows! Barbara

“Dear brave souls, I warmly invite you to come be at the fireside with me and the Dangerous Old Woman and the Power of the Crone. Who is the crone? She is the most dangerous, the [...]

Forgiveness

- Dr. Christiane Northrup
Forgive yourself for everything you did not know in the past. Don’t waste any of your precious energy beating yourself, or anyone else, up. Your power to change your life is in the present, regardless of your past. -

Reflection

I was reading Eckhard Tolle’s newsletter and found this treasure.
But it is not enough to read it once or print it out and hang it
on our mirror. We need to meditate and reflect upon this sentence
for a long time in order to master what it says.
Barbara
‘If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is [...]

Louise L. Hay

Do You Give Your Power Away?
Open your heart to goodness.
By Louise L. Hay
Published: January 25, 2010

The act of forgiveness takes place in our own mind. It really has nothing to do with the other person.
When we blame another, we give our power away because we’re placing the responsibility for our feelings on someone else. People [...]

Gratitude

Today it feels like a real Fall day. It is kind of chilly, misty, gray, and rainy. A time to lite a candle and be grateful for all what we have in our lives.
Food and shelter, firewood (gas or electric), and people around us we love and who love us. And, don’t let us forget [...]

The Panther by R.M.Rilke

The following poem says it all. This is the main reason for me why I dislike zoo’s and keeping animals in cages. But behind the obvious  is  for me the human being in his/her own cage.

The Panther
in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris
His vision, from the constantly passing bars,
has grown so weary that it [...]

I am responsible

Tell everyone you know: “My happiness depends on me, so you’re off the hook.” And then demonstrate it. Be happy, no matter what they’re doing. Practice feeling good, no matter what. And before you know it, you will not give anyone else responsibility for the way you feel — and then, you’ll love them all. [...]