Author: Elliott

Love like There is no Tomorrow! Eight years ago, a friend got up as usual, took her shower, and then sat on the side of her bed. She told her husband, “I am feeling light headed.”  She took two deep breaths and fell over, dead. There was no time for her to call her daughter.… Continue reading Make Haste to be Kind

Wisdom Abounds This morning I was not sure what I would write about in my daily Secret, so I did my usual Twitter cruising. I find sitting with my laptop, meeting new followers, and discovering a few new interesting people to be an excellent way to make the transition from sleep to wakefulness. So, as… Continue reading This is Your LIFE

On Disappointment My daughter called me last night. She sounded so exhausted. She was experiencing, in her words, “The worst day of her life.” Not only had results from auditions yielded less than what she desired, she had broken a key, and taken personally, an instructor’s decisions. I felt so sad when I got off… Continue reading Disappointment is Temporary

I have been listening to John O’Donohue’s book entitled “To Bless the Space Between Us.” This marks my third or fourth time through these enlightened writings. I do not think I shall ever tire of listening to O’Donohue share these carefully crafted words, as he reads in his charming, Irish Brogue. This morning I listened… Continue reading What a Glorious Way to Start Each Day

Recently I had the opportunity to sit at dinner with a nun I had never met. She tickled me by voicing an internal conflict she was entertaining: whether or not her double chocolate brownie would violate her commitment for lent. This inner dialogue, which she shared with us, seemed to cause her some discomfort. Being… Continue reading Joy is a Right

I have often read that all fear is born from a fear of death. Some authors have insisted that freedom from a fear of death sets one free from all fear. I am not totally sure that this assumption is correct. I think perhaps the mother of all fears is being afraid of the unknown,… Continue reading The Mother of all Fears

The TRUTH is Unchanging We can never actually be lost; we can only appear to be lost because we have the freedom to forget what we are. Forgetting what I am does not, in any way, alter the Truth of my being. I once knew a woman with dementia. Every time I saw her I… Continue reading TRUTH is Unchanging

In the Midst of a Spiritual Awakening I think James Redfield got it right when he wrote “A new spiritual awakening is occurring in human culture, an awakening brought about by a critical mass of individuals who experience their lives as a spiritual unfolding, a journey in which we are led forward by mysterious coincidences.”… Continue reading A Time of Awakening

When I was first introduced to what is called “New Thought,” I was instructed to always be mindful of the words I spoke. Teachers, from all walks of life, (particularly new thought neophytes) were always around to remind me that use of the word “should” was not in alignment with walking this new path. Obviously… Continue reading “Shoulding” Out Loud

What I do is not nearly as important to me as loving what I am doing. I must put my soul’s needs first in my life.