Have you ever gone against the will of a group and stood by your beliefs, despite the pressure that is being put on you? My dad has just left after a relaxing afternoon of catching up and I'm left here to sit and reflect on what has just happened. Three and a half years ago my grandad, David Shaw, died, aged 94. Two years earlier I sat down and chatted with him about his life and recorded the conversations. For the first time since I have just sat down with my dad and listened to them again. It was as though he came down to join us one more time, bearing some powerful lessons. He lived in a different time, almost a different universe. With no money, he joined the RAF, in 1940. He had to go and train in the USA and then in Canada....

I was put here for the first time today to give thanks and gratitude for the monetary blessing I received. I was put here for the first time today to acknowledge that I have been a good Steward over all that I've been blessed with. I was put here today for the first time to give thanks and gratitude to a business associate and my partner, my sister, for the new venture, an Adult Day Care Center, "My Sister's Place."  To voice my gratitude the smooth and timely way that it is unfolding. I was put here for the first time today to get my act together, spiritually and otherwise. I was put here for the first time today to write notes to people and phone people that are in my life at present. I was put here for the first time to...

For me, there is no one particular approach or technique in discovering how to become master of my spiritual destiny.  As a matter of truth, I have not really mastered any one thing fully.  Every day, every situation in some way is the same yet in some ways, different, so...  What I have done though is become better in some things today and I was say, a couple of months ago, a year ago, 10 years ago or even a lifetime(s) ago.  My reminder is, "A little progress in many areas is better than no progress in most."  I do have some spiritual exercises and techniques that I diligent and consciously practice on a daily basis (http://www.BeeBlessedDaily.com).  Some of them I practice when I'm in the midst of one of life's challenges have a...

Ask yourself what the worst investment you’ve ever made is and you will probably be instantly drawn to a financial situation which turned sour. It could have been a loan to a ‘friend’ that was never returned, or a dabble on the stock market that went wrong. It may even be a pension plan that went under. Either way, it’s probably financially motivated. In my late teens/early twenties I had a habit of making bad investments. These investments were usually in the form of loans to ‘friends’, which never seemed to find their way back to me. Many did get repaid – but they were not the one’s I was focussed on at the time. This led to me feeling an assortment of negative emotions as I recounted how wronged I had been. Being endowed with a tru...