By Joeel A. Rivera Mi Cielo (My Heaven), I have heard many times the phrases “there are no words to truly explain how I feel” or that a person is someone’s “other half”. However, I always perceived them through society’s…
Awakening: Give Your Pain a Purpose
By Natalie Amsden We all have pain. It’s inevitable. It’s part of life. But, the first thing I want to get clear is that there’s a difference between pain and suffering. Pain happens when your life circumstances do not match…
The Super Power of a Smile
By Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. In today’s society, we tend to look for quick fixes to our physical and mental health issues, problems connecting with others, and emotional discomforts. To our disappointment, most of the time we find that what…
Gratitude – A Universal Truth
By Joeel A. Rivera “Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.” — Jalaluddin Rumi, Persian Sufi poet Is gratitude the biggest key or secret to our happiness and well-being? Well that could be argued, but in reality…
One Desire, One Joy
By Natalie Amsden There is only one true desire. All of our longings, goals, and motivations are reaching toward a single fulfillment. The ultimate pot of gold that we long to reach at the end of our infinitude of rainbows…
Mike Dooley: 21 Ways to Live Your Dreams
You are here on this earth to thrive and live your dreams. The key is to first understand the mechanics of reality and then choose to take charge of your life. This means being aware of your thoughts, words, and…
The Way It Is: The Hero Mindset
Previous columns introduced the concept of BOB, the Being Of Bliss—The impersonal Intelligence, Love, and Substance out of which It creates everything. We are expressions of BOB, and It experiences life through each of us with the single operational tenet,…
The Way It Is: We Get What We Believe
There’s more to it, of course, get the whole story at www.spiritwithasmile.com. It was about to add the dimension of thought to Its heretofore two-dimensional creations of things and creatures and all their relatives. Last month, BOB wondered: “What would…