In a mood in which he was feeling the “delight, the evanescence and love within which we are all enfolded”, my dear friend, Hiroshi “YOTA” Tanaka, wrote the score for a CD album, NATURE SONG.  It is the third offering in a trilogy titled MARVELAND, in which Yota-san musically and emotionally,  maps a legendary world [...]

Ten days before his 11th birthday (12/9/02) DECLAN GALBRAITH released his first single, “Tell Me Why”. The largest choir in history assembled from all over the UK and Ireland joining Declan to sing his song for a Guinness World Record. I’m thinking about my young grandchildren, Jules and Abbott, and the world that they are [...]

Whew!! YOU MADE IT HERE! Overwhelmed by responsibilities?  Breathlessly rushing to complete deadlines?  Disturbed by the latest news?  A special relationship stressing you out?  Forgetting to breathe deeply and be deeply grateful for all the Miracles in your life? Grace yourself with 7 exquisite minutes of peace transmitted by Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and [...]

I recently became aware of a beautiful song by Sarah Mclachlan, “Ordinary Miracle”,  which expresses the heart-view of “Miracles and Grace”. We hustle around so fast these days, that  it is easy to miss the abundance of ordinary, everyday miracles, even when they are right under our noses. C.S. Lewis wrote:  “Miracles are a retelling [...]