Posted by Spencer Hope Davis on Mar 30, 2009 in
On My Mind Write Now,
The Road Less Traveled 
I'm Not Sure If Pandas are Really Peaceful...But they Always Seem So To Me
There are no accidents as they say, so when my daughter asked me to watch a DVD of the Disney animated flick, “Meet the Robinsons,” I thought, “Okay.” I was pleasantly surprised to find an animated flick providing children and particularly adults with positive messages best not forgotten.
Message 1: Don’t be bitter. Let it go. The film villain is literally an “ugly,” bent on destroying the life and future of film hero Lewis. Physically twisted and macabre, this villain is the embodiment of angst. When broached with a child’s contemplation of letting a recent tragedy slide he enthusiastically advises the child not to let it go, but to instead feed on the bitterness. He seems to suggest tasting it slowly like a fine wine. In his unhappy glee we see ourselves from the inside out. This is what bitterness held onto looks like within us. Read more…
Tags: Buddhism, Inspiration
Posted by Spencer Hope Davis on Mar 12, 2009 in
The Road Less Traveled,
Work Life Balance 
So many are so into the ideas behind “The Secret.” Fad or not… Oprah pushed idea that is moving on or not… Does this not speak to a larger issue?
Are we not as a society struggling to connect with each other? Does the concept of changing our thoughts, which suggest prior thoughts of negativity and malaise, suggest that so many of us are at the crossroads of “sick and tired of being sick and tired?”
The ideas behind or part of “The Secret” are things we have always heard or known in our lives. Misery loves company they say. You reap what you sow. You get what you give. Indeed. I am so often amazed at how when I awake with a positive spirit, that few things bother me as my day rolls on. Yet when I begin with a chaotic mind, so does the day. It becomes one of those days when you want to scream…”What else!!!??” Read more…
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