Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Week – Feb. 14-20

I was reading my weekly update from The Good News Network and noticed that we’re midway through Random Acts of Kindness Week. Celebrating RAK Week beginning on Valentine’s Day makes sense. However, bringing awareness to how we treat others in the little moments when we think no one is paying attention, such as everyday encounters … Read More
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Celebration of Love 2016, Lexington, VA

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and my husband and I are heading out to the Heartstone Lodge and Retreat Center in Lexington, Virginia, for the annual Celebration of Love presented by the World Love Project. It promises to be an amazing four days, Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 11, 12, 13, & 14th. Events are independent … Read More
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X-Files 2016: Conspiracy Theories and Universal Consciousness

If our government was covertly working with scientists in Manhattan to develop an atomic bomb that was created in a secret city in New Mexico over 70 years ago in the 1940’s (the Manhattan Project), what could perhaps covert aspects of it be up to in today’s world? The X-Files TV show divulges the possibilities … Read More
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Snowed In!

Our Jack Russell was watching the snow accumulation as it towered over her head. We got over 2 feet in 2 days. Finally, it stopped and yesterday the cleanup began. The day started out wonderfully. I began the day, as usual, with a period of prayer and meditation followed by a bowl of warm oatmeal … Read More
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Goodreads Giveaway Ends Tomorrow

Last chance to enter for free copy of “The Inner Connection.” What never ends is my inherent connection with Source. Thank goodness! Did you ever take an airplane flight on a dreary, cloudy, perhaps rainy day? Did you notice the blue sky and brilliant sun shining when the plane rose above the cloud cover? The … Read More
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Worthy Ideals: Living and Governing by Spiritual Principles

Today being Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the king of nonviolent civil disobedience, it’s prompting my thoughts about spirituality in politics. At the public level, Dr. King, a Christian, was working for equality of all people, regardless of color. This country was founded on religious freedom yet the founders were wise to separate church … Read More
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“Do you prefer that you be right or happy?”

“The last person David Bowie followed on Twitter was God” by FACT, January 12, 2016 (www.factmag.com) I love David Bowie and had no idea that he had been ill with cancer until the news of his death. It was another disease—the disease of addiction—that brought me to my knees and made a crack in the … Read More
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Nourish Your Soul

I just returned from a wonderful women’s retreat. It never ceases to amaze me how much I appreciate my home, dog, and husband (not necessarily in that order) after being away from them for a while. Taking time to nourish my soul is like giving a booster shot to the attitude of gratitude that makes … Read More
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Get a free copy of The Inner Connection

I’m giving away 10 free copies of The Inner Connection through Goodreads! Head over to Goodreads.com to enter. No purchase is necessary. The giveaway ends on January 21st so sign up now and start your new year with a new attitude. Goodreads Book Giveaway The Inner Connection by Darlene Dawn Giveaway ends January 21, 2016. … Read More
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I Believe …

“… I believe for everyone who goes astray someone will come to show the way …” (From the song “I Believe” by Frankie Laine) As many celebrate a most famous way-shower, I give thanks and appreciation to all the spiritual way-showers of Light who have helped and who continue to help me. As long as … Read More
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