This evening a 9 year journey reached its fulfillment.  In March of 2001 I came to Unity Village for the first time.  On that trip, I had one question, “What is mine to do God?  Make it clear for me.”  By the time I came home a week later, I knew that what was mine [...]

This past week has revealed robins, blue birds and melting snow!  Although the temperatures are more aligned with winter than spring, it feels like spring.  While I love winter, I also love spring.
A few nights ago my youngest daughter, Molly, said, “Hey, I can still see the sun above the trees.”  It was about 6:00 [...]

My parents are immigrants from the Netherlands.  Growing up, they did not speak a lot of Dutch, but occasionally would share a line in their native tongue.  Often, when asked what the line meant, they would respond that it was something that was difficult to translate.  It had meaning to them, but there was no [...]

In 1992, Ross Perot ran for President along with Vice-presidential candidate Admiral James Stockdale.  James Stockdale served in the U.S. Navy from 1947 to 1979.  During the time he spent in Vietnam, he was held in the famed “Hanoi Hilton” from 1965 to 1973.  Asked by James Collin, author of From Good to Great, how [...]

I was having a conversation with someone yesterday about how they had been impacted by the movie, Beyond Borders.  We talked about how it is easy to get overwhelmed by all the problems that we can observe in the world, and in the process to remain stuck in doing nothing.  However, I often bring to [...]

Many years ago I heard someone answer just right when asked how they were.  That phrase resonated with me and I began to use it myself.  How are you?  Just right!
Now, you may imagine that just right means that things are always great.  However, just right means just that.  Just right implies that whatever I [...]

So you might be asking, what’s up with the butterfly?  Of course there is the obvious, a butterfly represents transformation.  It enters the cocoon as a catepillar and emerges as a butterfly.  But there’s more to the story!
Science has discovered that the way a catepillar transforms into a butterfly is through imaginal cells.  These cells [...]

I have decided that it is time to start blogging! This blog, Celebrate Life, is my celebration of an awakening world.
Merriam-Websters online tells us that to celebrate is to honor. Therefore, this is a blog dedicated to honoring life in its many disguises.
So what is an awakening world, and just how do I expect to [...]