Category Archives: Momastery

How Do You Define Love? How Do You Know What Love Is? (Or What Does Reading Have to Do with Love?)

Posted on February 4, 2013 by John

. How Do You Define Love? How we define love—as a feeling or as an action, as something that we feel and that is triggered by another or others, or as something we do and a way of life and … Continue reading →

Posted in "Love Wins", Albert Einstein, C.S. Lewis, Glennon Melton, Jim Rohn, Luke 6:32-35, Mature Love, Momastery, Real Love, Spiritual Growth, The Examined Life, 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 John

. “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

Happy Festivus, Momastery!

Posted on December 22, 2012 by John

. . Ah, Festivus! That non-holiday holiday for the rest of us that features “the airing of grievances.” And on this Festivus Eve, I have a grievance that I want to air: Glennon Doyle Melton doesn’t really love Jesus. She … Continue reading →

Posted in "Don't Carpe Diem", "The Weight of Glory", C.S. Lewis, Carpe Diem, Glennon Melton, Gratitude, Immature Love, Matthew 25:40, Momastery, Real Love, Spiritual Growth, Thomas Merton, Truth, Uncategorized, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

*DO* Carpe Diem

Posted on December 17, 2012 by John

. *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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Feeding Your FOOL versus Feeding Your CONSCIENCE

Posted on December 14, 2012 by John

. This post is in response to a post on another blog I read and follow–http://momastery.com/blog/2012/12/12/to-all-the-confounders/ . “I must learn to love the fool in me–the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes … Continue reading →

Posted in Conscience, Gandhi, Glennon Melton, Martin Luther King Jr., Matthew 7:12, Momastery, Real Love, Self-Love, Spiritual Growth, Truth, Waking Up | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

How to Fall in Love Again

Posted on December 7, 2012 by John

(This is an updated version of a page I first posted over a year ago . . . )  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “I have no … Continue reading →

Posted in C.S. Lewis, GinaParris.com, Glennon Melton, Love, Love is a Choice, Love is a Commitment, Love is a Decision, Love is Not a Feeling, M. Scott Peck, Mature Love, Momastery, Real Love, Self-Extension, The Road Less Traveled, Thomas Merton, What is Love?, Zig Ziglar | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

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

Posted on November 22, 2012 by John

. 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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Happiness

Posted on September 19, 2012 by John

. “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

Changing Yourself & Growing *IS* the Essence of Loving Yourself in a Healthy Way

Posted on August 23, 2012 by John

. I read this on another blog a few days ago . . . You do not have to change in order to love yourself. You have to love yourself in order to change. That means embracing yourself completely, right … Continue reading →

Posted in "Fight Club", "Three Kings", Matthew 18:8-9; Mark 9:43-47, Mature Love, Mental Health, Momastery, Self-Love, Toxic Parents, Truth, Waking Up, What is Love? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments