by Andrea Cosnowsky | Nov 12, 2020 | Spiritual Lens, Trust
What does it mean to surrender and how does it apply to one’s spirituality? For anyone who has a problem, solving the problem is usually the goal. It doesn’t occur to us that there may be a better way out of a problem – and that problem is surrendering to it....
by Andrea Cosnowsky | Nov 9, 2020 | Soul Awareness, Spiritual Lens
“I’ve never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” Henry David Thoreau in Walden Solitude and being alone can be frightening. Many of us are actually afraid of being alone. The idea of solitude seems to be better left to monks and mystics and...
by Andrea Cosnowsky | Nov 5, 2020 | Soul Awareness, Spiritual Lens
I’m continuing my topic of friendship this week – because I think connection with others is (besides parenthood) probably the most important as well as rewarding relationships we can have. As I watch my children age, I see how having friends and being a...
by Andrea Cosnowsky | Nov 2, 2020 | Courage, Loneliness, Spiritual Lens
Many years ago, I went to summer camp and sang this ditty: “Friends, friends, friends. We will always be. Whether in fair or in dark, stormy weather, our camp will keep us together, the wide and blue, we will ‘ere be true. Love will pervade us ’til death separate us,...
by Andrea Cosnowsky | Oct 29, 2020 | Grief, Spiritual Lens
I have found that lately, many people I know feel that they are grieving. They are seized with a sense of grief, loss, foreboding, sorrow and sadness. There isn’t any one reason for the grief – it’s more of a combination. Regardless of the reason, grief has the...
by Andrea Cosnowsky | Oct 26, 2020 | Jealousy, Spiritual Lens
I hate the feeling of jealousy. As I have written before, the word “lousy” is inside the word ‘jealousy.’ Because jealousy makes us feel so lousy. I wish I could just snap my fingers and not feel this corrosive feeling. But alas, I don’t have the power to take away my...
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