People talk about living a happy life, a successful life, a meaningful life. But an authentic life? What is that? It's a good question, and one I would like you to think about. Just as “a successful life” can be defined in many ways, so too can an authentic life. For example, some people will define a successful life as one where one has earned a great deal of money and become financially affluent. For others it will be measured by their accomplishments. For still others it will be in the service they performed for humanity. Others again in the [...]

It takes courage To do what you want Other people Have a lot of plans for you. - Joseph Campbell The following is an excerpt from The Practice of Happiness, a book by John Kehoe. Yes I am a husband, a son, a brother, a writer, and a tax-paying citizen of Canada, and each of these roles has responsibilities and duties, but first and foremost I am me. And this role I will honour above all else. For if I don’t honour myself, my vision first, by what compass can I chart my life? To what allegiance can I swear [...]

The following is an excerpt from The Practice of Happiness, a book by John Kehoe. Each moment of time is a point in the journey. A point unique and unlike any other point that has come before or will come in the future. Each moment of time is a destination that has been arrived at, whether planned or not. To drink deeply from the moment is to increase your life force - to be aware and awake and alive. To miss the points in the journey is to miss the journey. To think or believe that the points in the [...]

Energy-wise, it is not just what we think and do that counts, but equally who we are. Who we are vibrates a unique frequency that resonates throughout the entire energy web. We cannot ignore who we are.  To develop character means we take on the qualities and habits that are most in alignment with our ultimate vision of ourselves. Petty habits that no longer serve us must be dropped, but when we drop our pettiness what do we replace it with? Nature abhors a vacuum and will rush to replace whatever we eliminate with something else. But this works to [...]

Nothing is needed Nowhere to go. Come home, little one Come home. The following is an excerpt from A Vision of Power and Glory, a book by John Kehoe: Coming home means deciding that now is the time where there is no retreat or illusion. It means looking at yourself, your life, your place in the universe with neither hope nor despair. Seeing everything just as it is. Seeing yourself just as you are. Stopping for a moment and just letting go, and this takes courage. Seeing ourselves as we really are is not easy, nor is it always pleasant. [...]