How many times in your life have you acted not just against yourself, but perhaps against others because your actions were uninformed, and you were moved prematurely into a conclusion? Too many times to count really. And most of these premature conclusions had some negative taint to them -- judging somebody, arriving at some insistence based on incomplete information.

Before we can hope to shatter the pattern of familiar conflicts in our relationships, we need a new level of understanding to take with us into those same moments.

You are not your own reactions, anymore than the burst of a flashing skyrocket is the night sky it temporarily illuminates.

The real power behind faith is found in the Light within us that shows us what's true, and what's not, about who and what we are in reality.

Just as we need to keep an eye on the kinds of friends we keep around us, so must we also remain aware of the circle of "friends" we keep within us.

The more we are willing to learn about the way fear works, the less power it has to work its ways on us.