Category: Life Lessons

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  • Under Estimating Others

    “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.”…

  • Happy February 1 2018

    Welcome to February 2018!  We invite you to cruise through the month to pick up steam to get to Spring, arriving in March.  As you move through the days, remember all of the things to celebrate – Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, and Family Day. It’s a great month for cross country skiing, downhill skiing or…

  • My Soul Deserves Peace

    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…

  • Sharing a Folktale–The Old German Shepherd

    One day an old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he’s lost. Wandering about, he notices a panther heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch. The old German Shepherd thinks, ‘Oh, oh! I’m in deep doo-doo now!’ Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately…

  • Spirit Animal–Ox

    Image of Oxen from www.afb.org/ Oxen pulled the carts and wagons that helped the pioneers cross North America from the East to the West coast. “Dependable, calm, methodical, patient, hardworking, ambitious, conventional, steady, modest, logical, resolute, tenacious. Can be stubborn, narrow-minded, materialistic, rigid, demanding.” Ox is actually a bull that has been neutered either because…

  • SPIRITUAL DOWSING AND THE SIMPLE BLESSING PROCESS

    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…

  • Thoughts on Being Alone and on Water

  • Spirit Animals – Setting the Language

    Hooray for the activists and wildlife experts and environmentalists that have raised everyone’s awareness about the plight of animal kind. The Universe or Creator put animals (the two legged, the four legged, the finned, the furred, the feathered ones and the unseen) to balance the plant life and to create a beautiful garden. In addition…

  • Spirit Animal – Junco

    Juncos like the mountains, and can be found flying around the Rockies, and go as far north as the tundra.  They are a shy, hardy little bird.    Junco from Wikipedia Junco brings a New Year’s  message.  Remember, that she eats seeds and insects, and likes to be in flocks with her kind, hopping about…

  • Unlikely Savant

    As we move into 2018, the Questers blog will feature articles and stories from past Quester journals as well as stories and articles from current Quester members and from Quester friends. We hope that you enjoy this wonderful story by Paul Elder. Unlikely Savant By Paul Elder Every once in a while something extraordinary happens…

  • Happy New Year 2018! President’s Message

    President’s Message Merry Christmas and Happy Solstice Fellow Questers! Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who helped to create a fabulous fall conference in Salmon Arm. Special thanks go to our Board of Directors and Anar Kassem who each worked with great dedication throughout 2017. We look forward to welcoming new Quester members on…

  • Christmas Peace

    As we move towards a new year, the news is full of different people and different groups asking for peace.  For peace to happen, everyone needs to be on board with the idea, and with the “rules” that come with peace.  It is difficult to be peaceful when you cannot feed and cloth your family,…

  • Christmas – Divinity is our Nature

    The beautiful offering of thanks was sent to me by several friends in different emails.  I love the simplicity of the message and the beauty of the structure that reflects the Divinity within us. Go in Peace.

  • Christmas Thoughts – Winter and Creativity

    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…

  • Christmas Thoughts – Reflection

    The Angels tell us that the next several weeks is a good space of time to reflect. They even suggest that we make a list of all the important things in our life. Then make a list of the nice-to-have things. And finally, make a list of the things that are not important. When you…

  • December – Prepping for Winter Solstice

    Any celebration calls for preparation.  For the Winter Solstice, the preparations involve cleansing of the rooms, picking fresh cedar and spruce, making food for the various meals.  And of course, the buying and wrapping of gifts for friends and family. Winter solstice 2017 in Northern Hemisphere will be at 9:28 AM MTN Time  on  Thursday…

  • In Time for Christmas – Dissolving Resentment Exercise

    Sometimes, I think that the Universe has a message that it wants to get out, and it just lines up the events so that it happens.  Today, one of my friends sent me a bunch of Carrie Fisher quotes in an email because she knows that I am a Star Wars fan, and of course,…

  • A Christmas Story – The Christmas Tree

    The Christmas Tree My mother always loved Christmas. Maybe it was the inner spark of light more clearly seen in the dark, cold Winnipeg winters. Maybe it was the singing and happy smiles. Maybe it was the gifts and coloured lights, the shortbread and butter tarts, the food and festive celebrations, the birth of the…

  • Winter Magic

    Each winter when the snow comes, I think about how clever Mother Earth is. She works in harmony with the seasons and by October or November, has this graceful white blanket wrapped around her. All of the Mother’s animals, seeds, trees, plants, and water may go dormant through this period of winter. We humans could…