Tag Archives: Gratitude

Love, the Feeling, versus Love, the Capacity (Immature Love versus Mature Love, part 2)

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

. A properly (or fully) developed human being is a Loving human being. Love, ultimately, is a capacity. A capacity that develops as the result of developing many other capacities and virtues and behavioral predispositions. Some of these are of … Continue reading →

Posted in chapter 13, Conscience, Conscious Love, Courage, Differentiation, Emotional Maturity, Friendship, Generosity, Gratitude, Honesty, Immature Love, Love is Not a Feeling, Mature Love, Perspective, Real Love, Self-Love, Spiritual Growth, Thích Nhất Hạnh, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

The Real Meaning of “Carpe Diem” (The bus *will* stop)

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

. “It’s only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth—and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, … Continue reading →

Posted in "Dead Poets Society", Abraham Maslow, Carpe Diem, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, G. K. Chesterton, Generosity, Glennon Melton, Gratitude, Kindness, Maslow, Mental Health, Momastery, Naomi Shihab Nye, Perspective, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

*DO* Carpe Diem

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

. *DO* Carpe Diem (& *Do* Hug Your Children & Spouse More, and *Do* Begin Much More Often with the End in Mind) . . “The way to begin loving anything is to realize that it might be lost.” …… … Continue reading →

Posted in "If You Knew", "Shadowlands", Ellen Bass, Glennon Melton, Gratitude, Henri-Frédéric, Mature Love, Mental Health, Momastery, Perspective, Real Love, Spiritual Growth, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

The Problem with Thanksgiving (or “Why Every Day Should Be Thanksgiving”)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

. First off, this will not be a curmudgeonly tough-minded rant where I rage rage against how commercialize things are at this time of year and how “Black Friday” is starting earlier and earlier, so much so that it is now encroaching more and … Continue reading →

Posted in "Calm Before the Storm", "Otherwise", "The Secret Life of Bees", (Luke 10:38-42), “Thanks”, Eckhart Tolle, Gratitude, Gurdjieff, Jane Kenyon, Louie Schwartzberg, Mary Baine Campbell, Maslow, Melody Beattie, Mental Health, Momastery, ProfessionsforPeace.com, Robert Fulghum, Spiritual Growth, Sue Monk Kidd, Thanksgiving, Truth, W. S. Merwin, Waking Up | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Happiness

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

. “Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every moment with love, grace, and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley Think about it. Think about that quote. I recognize that I’m just another voice in this online wilderness of millions and millions … Continue reading →

Posted in Denis Waitley, Einstein, G. K. Chesterton, Gratitude, Momastery, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

The Hardest Arithmetic to Master (What If Today We Were Just More Grateful?)

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

I posted this on one of my other blogs today . . . http://fullcatastropheliving.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/what-if-today-we-were-more-grateful/ It’s about increasing our level of gratefulenss and appreciation, but if we do that, we will invariably increase our capacity to Love as well, so, ultimately, … Continue reading →

Posted in G. K. Chesterton, Gratitude | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Don’t Wait!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Death—either an actual brush with it or slowing down in our daily lives enough to begin deeply and honestly contemplating it in a way that allows us to actually get a sense of what it will be like to know … Continue reading →

Posted in Albert Schweitzer, Conscious Love, Death, Generosity, Gratitude, Intimate Relationships, Living the Questions, Love is Not a Feeling, Mature Love, Meister Eckhart, Mental Health, Spiritual Growth, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Love at the Extremes: Loving the Unlovable, Loving the Unloving

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

DEAR World, Happy Valentine’s Day! This is my (brief) love letter to you, to the world, or at least to those people who happen to happen upon this blog. (My longer love letter to the world for the day can … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Emotional Maturity, Gratitude, Intimacy, Mature Love, Mental Health, Real Love, Spiritual Growth, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Albert Schweitzer on Love, Death, and Gratitude

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

(This is my abridgment and arrangement and adaptation of pp. 67-76 of “Reverence for Life.” It comes from a sermon Schweitzer preached Sunday, November 17, 1907, at the morning service at St. Nicolai’s Church.) A man and a woman who … Continue reading →

Posted in "Reverence for Life", Albert Schweitzer, Courage, Death, Gratitude, Intimate Relationships, Mature Love, Mental Health, Real Love, Spiritual Growth, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

The Learning of Love & Gratitude

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

. “The hardest arithmetic to master is the one which enables us to count our blessings.” – Eric Hoffer “When it comes to life the critical thing is whether we take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, Conscience, Conscious Love, Courage, Differentiation, Emotional Maturity, Erich Fromm, G. K. Chesterton, Gratitude, Intimacy, Intimate Relationships, James Hollis, Krishnamurti, Love is a Choice, Love is a Commitment, M. Scott Peck, Marianne Williamson, Mature Love, Mental Health, Real Love, Rilke, Schnarch, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The Road Less Traveled, Waking Up, What is Love?, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments