It is summer vacation and this means more family time and possibly some family vacations! Family vacations can be great but they do not always meet our expectations.  We go into it like this…We want to make memories!  It’s a once in a lifetime chance!  We need to get pictures! …

Okay…that was tough.  Just being still long enough to listen to “Let it Be” was a challenge.  Is this what you are thinking?  Come on…you were multi-tasking while listening weren’t you? Stillness is difficult because we are socialized to accomplish, to earn…earn money, earn respect, earn “our place in the…

How do we AWAKEN?  How do we get to awareness?  How do we uncover who we really are?  We walk around with lots of “mind chatter”.  We look outside of ourselves for fulfillment.  We fill our ears with music and talk and TV and internet and news.  Even when there…