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Thoughts to Share

Thoughts to Share is an on-going blog (with a few breaks) since 2012. It's mostly written by me, Augusta, and sometimes David joins us with his writings. If you sign up for our newsletter, you'll get a notification of each new post.

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The Graduation Walk

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… “In every single thing you do, you are choosing a direction. Your life is a product of choices.”...

Bring It!

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… We are responsible for the energy we bring into a room. ~Jill Bolte Taylor “The room lights up when...

Are You Lost?

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… Reverence is a form of respectful listening, a sensitivity to all that is. Your listening is what...

Lost and Found

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… Being lost isn’t so scary if you know you can find your way out. ~Augusta Kantra Several years ago,...

Habits Have History

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… Habits have history. ~David Kantra The other day, while brushing my teeth, I noticed myself holding...

Easter Egg Surprise

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… Easter is a time when we think of renewal and new beginnings. In that vein, from my heart, I offer...

Happiness of Harmony

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ~Gandhi Yoga is the...

Brave Enough to Let Go of the Past

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… “You can’t hold it against him for how his life has been.”~Buck Brannaman (a horse whisperer from the...

Stuff Happens

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… Stuff happens. ~A simple truth I have a cold and I don’t like it. My cold doesn’t care if I like it...

A Generous Heart

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… In cultivating a loving and generous heart, we break the cycle of fear, greed and hatred. It’s a...

What I Create, I Can Take Down

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… What I create, I can take down – or maybe I am free right now. ~Danna Faulds All of our defenses, all...

You Can’t Do Both

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… What you love, you empower. What you fear, you empower. What you empower, you attract. ~ Author...

My Hero

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… Heroism does not require us to live up to a larger-than-life image of the hero as superman or...

The Way She Wears Her Face

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you’re at home. ~Author Unknown At...

Light Dissolves Darkness

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… Love dissolves negativity, much as light dissolves darkness. ~Wayne Dyer Imagine carrying a lantern...

No Mud, No Lotus

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… No mud, no lotus. ~Thich Nhat Hanh Life gives us mud. We can wallow in it, or grow lotus flowers. The...

Don’t Take It Personally

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… Don’t take anything personally. ~Don Miguel Ruiz ( The Four Agreements ) My dog, Jack, is a Tibetan...

Rebirth of the World

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… The Rebirth Of the World A great blue heron flies across the red face of the rising sun, it’s...

Life’s Medicine

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb...

Worry If You Want To

Here’s a thought I’d like to share… If there is a remedy, then what is the use of worry? If there is no remedy, then what is the use of...