By Jonathan

"Your October Monthly Forecast: They say that 'home is where the heart is'. They might, perhaps, be wiser to say that 'home is where your heart is'. Cancerians have a wonderful way of putting others at their ease. You are sensitive and supportive. Many have come to depend on your listening ear and reassuring voice. When things aren't fine on their home front, they come and take refuge in yours. All this can place a strain on your own inner-resources but you are happy to share. In October, you will gain an expanded sense of happy home and heart."


October, 2015

Monologue from Dying to Have Known:

The messages of early Spring were everywhere.

And with each passing day now, signs of new life intensified.

I took the courting call of the ruffed grouse to be the metaphor of our brightening future,

underscoring that life will find a way.

For each of us, eventually, whether we're ready or not, some day, it will come to an end.

There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours, or days.

All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

Your wealth, fame, and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owned or owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

So too your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.

The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

It won't matter where you came from or on which side of the tracks you lived.

It won't matter if you're beautiful or brilliant.

Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter?

How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built.

Not what you got, but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success, but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered, or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence, but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.

What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those that loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered by whom and for what.

A life lived that matters is not of circumstance, but a choice.

Monologue from Dying to Have Known by Steve Kroschel

To be a wise man

Free your heart from hate
Free your mind from worry
Live simple
Give more
Expect less

Detox your spirit

Inhale,
      Exhale.

Inhale - Resolve
    Exhale - Ambition

Inhale - All I need
    Exhale - All I want

Inhale - Love of life
    Exhale - Fear of death

Inhale - Power
    Exhale - Force

Inhale - Tolerance
    Exhale - Judgement

Inhale - What I am
    Exhale - What I think I am

Inhale - Fact
    Exhale - Assumption

Inhale - What I want to be
    Exhale - How I want to be seen

                           Inhale - I have all I need
                                   Exhale - I can live without

Your Week Ahead - Love Focus:

Imagine trying to wear the very same shoes that fitted you so well when you were six years old. When you were nine, you played with nine- year-olds. You would not find their company quite so compelling today. We move on. We grow out of the things that once were perfect for us. In one lifetime, we become several different people. Recent events have now set a metamorphosis in motion. Your life may not be about to alter forever overnight; but in the run up to 2012, you are definitely ending one phase and commencing a wonderful new one.



J. Cainer


What phase would that be...????

September 10, 2011

forgive, even if you cannot forget. Grievances stop us all from moving on. You now have a chance to gain freedom.



J. Cainer

Yoda's proverb

"do or do not; there is no try."





Yoda's proverb from StarWars.