Tag Archive | metaphysics

Sunday Homily: Count Your Blessings

Feb16

Count Your Blessings by Springwolf © 2014Not Everyone Is As Fortunate As You

We all go through our days taking little things for granted. It’s not unusual, it’s not selfish, it’s not necessarily a bad thing either.

Most people don’t notice how fortunate they are until something breaks or needs to be replaced. If you’re blessed, you simply add an errand to your week and go pick up whatever it was that broke. But not everyone has that luxury. And it’s when you take that for granted, that you may need to be reminded of how blessed you really are.

For some people the toaster that broke yesterday can’t be replaced. There’s no such thing as having an extra $20 to pick up a new cheap toaster at the local discount store. Even that $5 toaster at the local Good Will store is out of reach. That $5 maybe all they have in the world right now, and it’s needed for milk and bread to feed their child. There is no such thing as an “extra” anything to waste on something they don’t absolutely need.

It’s amazing how many times I hear about conversations like this text message on the right. It seems when someone is struggling through every day life, even those around them don’t truly understand what they’re going through. Until they talk about little things that they take for granted. Continue reading →

Happy Valentines Day!

Feb14

Love Is….   RESPECT

When I perform a wedding I emphasis that relationships are work. They have hills and valleys. There will be arguments, there will be phases of smitten romance. But the one thing that will carry everyone to a longer term relationship, no matter what kind of relationship it is, will be the respect you hold for each other.

So if you ask me what the definition of Love is; I say, its holding Respect for those you care for.

valentinesday

Additional Reading:
Holding Respect With Love

© Springwolfs Hanko

© 2014 Springwolf, D.D., Ph.D. Springwolf Reflections / Springs Haven, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Add Your Voice To The Billion Rising

Feb12

RiseUpStand Up To End Violence Against Women & Girls

As an Abuse Survivor, how can I not stand up to support my sisters near and far who are still victims?!

I hope everyone will stand up on February 14th and take a stand to end the violence against women and girls!

If you are a victim, reach out for help. There are people and places who can lift you up and help you to escape the violence!

Please visit onebillionrising.org for more information and sign up and share your story. And to find an event in your area where you can stand up with others in your community!

© Springwolfs Hanko

© 2014 Springwolf, D.D., Ph.D. Springwolf Reflections / Springs Haven, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Sunday Homily: Remember Your Pride

Feb9
Spread A Smile

Smile When You Don’t Feel Like It

Carry Your Happiness With You

I meet people all the time in person, through email or messages, and they share their personal stories of struggle and challenge with me. They talk about feeling lost, feeling as though they’ve hit rock bottom, constantly sad and filled with anger. Not knowing where to turn or go to in order to find help or answers.

I’m blessed with seeing many, if not most of these people go through their “ah-ha” moments as they work forward through issues they never thought they could overcome. They start reading and learning. They begin turning their lives around and making significant changes not only up front in the beginning, but over the long haul with time and effort as well.

I shared something this morning with someone and a little voice said, there are others who need to hear this today. So if you’re one of those people who has had an “ah-ha” moment or you still face challenges and feel that you’re struggling with turning things around in your life, this is for you. Continue reading →

Where Do I Start?

Feb7
Divine Holistic Healing

Compassion and Healing

Putting Your Passion Into Practice

It seems many people are deciding to make changes in this world of economic woes. Following their spiritual passion and turning that pull or calling into a career.

But where do you get started? How do you find the right certification or degree program for your passion?

No matter what you do in life, you’re going to spend a good of time and potentially money on your calling. You don’t want to waste it on someone you thought was qualified to teach and later discovered they weren’t what they claimed.

Sadly this is easy to do in the spiritual world. There is no oversight or governing body that makes these checks and balances for you. You’re going to have to do it for yourself. Word of mouth is usually a great way to find a teacher. But remember, no one is ever universally liked. So you’re going to have to weigh the negative reviews with the positive ones. Continue reading →

What You Missed In January

Feb3
Eyes of the Hunter

Eyes of the Hunter by Charles Alexander

Here On Springwolf Reflections

Springwolf Reflections is a place of spiritual inspiration and thought, where Spring shares her views, knowledge, and insights to Pagan Metaphysical perspectives, beliefs and practices. And conveys how you can add your spiritual understandings to benefit your everyday life.

If you didn’t visit Springwolf Reflections in January, here’s what you might have missed for the month.

4th – A Homily: Guilt By Association? – Bigotry Cloaked In Religion Is Still Bigotry

11th – Reiki Practice & Perspective – Traditional Reiki vs non-Traditional Continue reading →

It’s My Day

Feb3

Wolf MondayMonday

According to the International Standard (ISO 8601) for Calendar systems, Monday is the first day of the week. For us in the English speaking world, the name of Monday is derived from Old English Mōnandæg and Middle English Monenday, which means “Moon day”. The Old English names derived from Germanic languages which also translate to Moon.

Even the ancient Chinese words for Monday mean “Day of the Moon”. Monday can also be derived from Sanskrit Somavāra, where Soma is another day for the Moon. Now shouldn’t Moon Day be a special day for Pagans? I think so. But there’s more.

According to Wikipedia Weekday Names:
The earliest attestation of a seven-day week associated with heavenly luminaries is in the title of a lost work by Plutarch (46-120AD) titled Why are the days named after the planets reckoned in a different order from the actual order? The order of the days was Sun, Moon, Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronos, named after the heavenly bodies that presided over the first daylight hour of each day, according to Hellenistic astrology. From Greece the planetary week names passed to the Romans, and from Latin to other languages of southern and western Europe, and to other languages later influenced by them. Continue reading →

We’re 2 Years Old Today

Feb1

bday2Today Is Our 2nd Anniversary

February 1st, 2012
I can’t believe it’s been two years since we said Welcome To Springwolf Reflections as my official author’s blog. 2 years ago my first book, yes the first of many I hope, was published. And while there has been some delay with the follow up books to the series I planned, I’m not giving up on that dream.

I’ve been a teacher, minister and author for longer than two years of course. Even my 30+ years in Information Technology has aided my progress through these past years. So I wanted to share some of my reflections and insights of the last two years in the six things I’ve learned to achieve growth and success. Continue reading →

Saturday Work

Feb1

hardworkCompany Analytics

Each Saturday I take time to look at the Web Analytics of my little blog here to discover what you guys like to read about and that helps me decide what I need to write about more often to keep you interested  and coming back.

As a former Fortune 10 IT Geek, I’ve learned a lot about the importance of a corporate presence and keeping it relevant. And I apply that professional experience to my own business.

One thing I really like about doing this every Saturday is seeing where everyone comes from to visit my little blog here. It warms my heart and makes me realize each week how small our world is and how more a like we really are from place to place. Continue reading →

In the eMail Room

Jan31

email-lostDealing With Passive/Aggressive Communications

I get lots of mail. LOTS of mail. 99.9% of the time it’s quite nice, with questions, compliments and requests for assistance. The typical stuff.

Every now and then, it’s not so nice. And though there are varying levels of rude and nastiness, the ones that get me laughing, and often get a response are the passive/aggressive ones.

I received one of those today. I’ve had a few students, and fellow Metaphysical ministers ask me how do you handle these? How do you not let them get to you? Well that’s easy really. I’m not what those people “expect” me to be, so it’s easy not to fall into their trap and react the way they “expect’ me to react. Continue reading →