Everyone has something to be grateful for. Whether it is clothes on your back, food on your plate, family, your job, your car, your health, your divorce, the death of someone who is suffering, friends, or your pet, there is something to be thankful for. Often the things that we judge to be bad are simply events we are not enjoying in the moment – without any regard for the blessing that change can bring in the long run.

There are many great books, teachers, advisors, leaders, advocates, etc. that have brought our awareness to the changes that will improve our way of life as a whole. What ever the change, or changes, may be or how they are perceived, it is likely that we can all agree it is needed, on one level [...]

In the book The 100th Monkey Ken Keyes, Jr. tells the story of a scientific research study on monkeys that supports the notion that quantum shifts can occur when a population reaches a “critical mass.” This phenomenon is often referred to when one is in need of evidence to support the belief that an optimistic [...]

Breaking down the prison and letting the inmate free is one of the best things you can do to truly free yourself and create the life that you want or the relationship that you desire. You may say, “I am not holding any one in a prison,” but in reality everyone creates a prison—and the [...]

Why is our society fascinated with people who have a “big” life? Headlines in every supermarket line shriek about the lives of entertainers, royalty, and the privileged as though our own lives aren’t quite good enough. While I’m deeply concerned that we are encouraged to subscribe to this value system, it is true there is [...]

“The Shift” in consciousness is upon us! Our “Awakening” is all the buzz, but what does that exactly mean? From my perspective, we are shifting into a greater awareness of our energetic selves, which is the Spiritual aspect of the human being. Realizing we are human and Spirit integrated, is where our story becomes even [...]

I was invited to present a seminar in Hiroshima, Japan, the city devastated by the atomic bomb in 1945. As I approached the city’s train station via the bullet train, I felt uneasy, wondering if the psychic shadow of the holocaust would linger unto this day. To my surprise, Hiroshima Station felt light and airy, [...]

There’s more to it, of course, get the whole story at www.spiritwithasmile.com. Now for the good news: It’s a Power, It’s real, and you can use It. Like It or not, right now BOB looks out through your eyes, feels your feelings, and thinks your thoughts. What does It see? Does It look out on [...]

There is something about a birthday that causes me to become reflective. I have been writing this column for many years now and it seems as if June’s installment is always slanted toward something that is on my mind due to the impending birthday. Human nature, being what it is, tends toward being somewhat pessimistic [...]

Human beings have spent a vast fortune in the eternal search for meaning. Imagine the aggregate treasure spent on books, courses, classes, programs, workshops, seminars, retreats, encounters, excursions, DVD’s, counseling sessions, and other products and experiences that deepen our sense of who we are and why we matter. Every master, religious leader, human potential teacher, [...]