by billyzh | Feb 25, 2009 | History, Holidays, Spirituality
If you are Catholic, you most likely are familiar with the terms. Those of us outside the papal realm of spirituality have no idea what the words mean let alone how to properly say them. Basically, welcome to the season of Lent. Today is Ash Wednesday and for those of...
by billyzh | Feb 18, 2009 | Financial, Politics, Spirituality
Spread the Word. The Gospel, that is. There was one particular song I enjoyed that became popular in the 1990s that was by the band Whiteheart. It was called Say the Word. I just could not get enough of it. The words spoke directly to my heart. They were so simple...
by billyzh | Feb 15, 2009 | Career/Job, Family, Financial, Spirituality
I was at a friend’s house for the weekend, and I could tell she had carefully planed each meal. For some reason, her husband (obviously bored at work) called a few hours before dinner to say, “How do you make rice pilaf?” We laughed at how suddenly he was up for a...
by billyzh | Feb 9, 2009 | Spirituality
As my yoga instructor guided us through our final relaxation exercise, she wrapped up the session with the following surprising challenge, “Try this. For the next 24 hours see if you can only think and speak positive.” Funny. I have done yoga for about 2 years, and I...
by billyzh | Feb 7, 2009 | Career/Job, Spirituality, Women/Relationships
As I clicked on the video clip, I had been prepared a bit prior for what was about to play out before me. I don’t know if it was a skit or a real person, but the older woman’s voice on the other end of the telephone was trying to explain to host Ellen Degeneres that...
by billyzh | Jan 22, 2009 | Spirituality
As I entered the store to pick up the item I had left for repair, I could not have imagined the conversation with the customer service person that was about to unfold. After helping him locate my vacuum, we headed to the front counter. It was then that we heard...
