With the COVID-19 outbreak most are at home waiting for the virus to burn out. It has been a time of stress but also a time when people can relax. Just turn off the news. Dowsing I get that the news is about 65% accurate. Dowsing I get that we will be at home a […]
Mike Doney Mike Doney was born in the Medford Oregon area about ninety years ago. He learned dowsing as a teen from family and friends. He could find wells as quickly as his teachers. It was natural for him. Family would ask him to dowse on homes they were looking to buy and Mike would […]
Send your ideas for blog postings and your comments about different blogs to Judith at Judith-hirst@questers.ca, and I will post them on the blog. What Happens If You Practice Being Grateful for a Month February is a short month and therefore is the perfect time to practice being grateful every day. Instead of complaining, phrase […]
We, at the Canadian Society of Questers, wish each of you the most delightful Christmas. We wish it to be full of laughter, light, amazing food, little actions that become bright memories, and moments of peace and contentment. Have a wonderful day! Walk in peace.
One of my friends sent me this lovely short prayer to use for Thanksgiving. I am delighted to share it with you. Creator, Great Spirit We thank Thee for food and remember the hungry.We thank Thee for health and remember the sick.We thank Thee for friends and remember the friendless.We thank Thee for freedom and […]
–by The Dalai Lama 1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. 3. Follow the three R’s: – Respect for self, – Respect for others and – Responsibility for all your actions. 4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes […]
September arrives today. Some fun facts: September is the first month of the Autumn or Fall season. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 121 days remaining until the end of the year. September in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to March in […]
I Decided To Succeed – By Walt Disney And so after waiting aimlessly one day like any other I decided to succeed. I decided not to wait for opportunities but to go out and find them. I decided to see every problem as challenges with infinite possibilities. I decided to see the desert as an […]
This spring equinox is about rejuvenation of the self. What this means is, concentrate on your own healing, wisdom, learning, growth, and experience. Let others concentrate on their own journey. Offering unsolicited advice, driving and controlling others, and manipulating those around you, will lead to illness very quickly. This brings to mind the affirmations that […]
“What advice would you give to a new manager starting out a new job in a new company?” That was the question that was posed to me by a young friend over coffee. My first question was, “Do you have a new job?” The response was, “Not yet, but I hope that I will, soon.” […]
As we come up to the Blue Moon on January 31 2018, several things spring to mind that we need to be aware of. Blue – The color blue is about truth. This Blue Moon will shine on truth for several months. If you have a secret that is burning to be told, now may […]
This blog post is an article from the Quester Journal Spring 2010 Volume 30 No 1 Journal #90. The writer is Joey Korn, a popular speaker and workshop leader at the Questers’ conferences. Although this was written quite a while ago, the message is still fresh and the blessing is easy to do. It is […]
Winter north of the 50th parallel is usually cold and very snowy. The effect of the snow and cold is to keep people more at home then out and about. When we are more still, that is, not caught up in going here and there and doing “busy” things, then we have time to expand […]
Over the past years, Bobcats have been very abundant in Calgary. We live two streets over from the boundary of Fish Creek Provincial Park, and in the last year, we have had several Bobcats in our front and back yard, and the pair seem to roam our cul-de-sac in a very unconcerned way. I was […]
Years ago in Winnipeg, I was lucky enough to get tickets to hear Iyanla Vanzant speak about her experiences, and about writing her first several books. One of the topics in her sharing story was about storytelling, and why it is important to share our stories because they provide reference for others and, often, they […]
Here are all the phrases people use to talk about their relationship with time. Life is going by so quickly. If only I had time, I would…. That will have to wait I am so busy, I don’t have time to… Because people are so caught up in the concept of time and the limits […]
Happy Thanksgiving to all! For many people, Thanksgiving Day is a focus day to reflect on all the things that have happened through the year. Usually, the focus is on the happy things. However, sometimes, we need to focus on the things that did not go right for us. It is in the “bad” things […]