It doesn’t matter what magazine or newspaper you pick up these days, there it is! the evidence of violence; the killing of innocent people, the terror of aggression and destruction. How do we, as caring, compassionate, conscious people maintain our inner peace in the face of war? Is it responsible to turn from the glaring headlines, close our eyes, go within to connect with that place of inner peace? What if those headlines have stirred up our visceral fear reactions and we are disturbed and angry? When outer circumstances create worry, helplessness and judgment how do we shift our inner attention so that we send peaceful thoughts, rather than more anger and hatred?

Thanksgiving should not be relegated to only one day a year... the spread of sin and degradation in the world is a direct result of unthankfulness toward God...an unthankful attitude is the first step on a dangerous downward spiral...both individually and nationally. On the positive side, the more we are thankful for the blessings we have, the more blessings we will receive.

The problems associated with stress and anxiety continue to run rampant. Crime, alcoholism, suicide, obesity, heart disease, drug abuse -- the list goes on and on -- can at least to some extent be traced back to the effects of stress and anxiety on individuals and communities. Unless we begin to tame the stress and anxiety beasts that exist in our own lives we cannot hope to begin to control the larger societal issues that these two killer syndromes enflame.

Most American's are overworked and stressed. Here's a quick tip to alleviate stress at work through Mediation.

Just about all the friends I know do not like spiders but my dislike goes deeper. There are many things we do not know about each other.