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What’s the use of magic if I can’t fix this? I heard that line while watching television. The station was advertising the next episode of a show in which the characters are some sort of magicians. I had no interest in the show but the question stirred up all sorts of thoughts in me. I, however, would replace the word magic with the word Reiki. Now it becomes, what’s the use of Reiki if I can’t fix this? Oh, how many times I’ve felt that way starting with my very first experie

Last week I wrote about the obstacles in life that are really the path and journey of your life. That post seemed to have hit a nerve with a number of my readers based on the comments and emails I got. Thanks for the feedback! This week I thought I’d share with you one of my obstacles and how I plan to maneuver around it. It’s moving. Not just moving house but moving from one country to another and one province to another. The dilemma is that I haven’t been able to get my pro

It’s a Zen proverb, “The obstacle is the path,” and it stopped me in my tracks just like any obstacle would. Because that’s what obstacles do, block your path and prevent you from going any further forward. You could go back from where you came but generally speaking that is not usually in your best interest. What to do then? Go around, go over, or move the obstacle to continue on. I had to face this thought because, like many of us, I’ve been known to stamp around like a thr

Waiting. What do you do while waiting? I start off by checking out the other people who are also waiting. Once I'm bored with that my attention moves to reading all the signs on the wall. Then to the phone - any new emails, have I caught up on FB posts - and eventually I'll play my favourite phone app, Boggle. After the fact I think to myself what a time waster that was! I remember listening to a talk by Zig Ziglar. He produced many audio courses and books in what he calls hi