Petals for Progress in the fight to end cancer.

“Thanks” to all those who have offered their support and expressed an interest in this project.  I have been contacted by so many people who have watched “The Big Guy” video and have been profoundly touched by the message.

I believe that, beyond the personal tribute, is a message that asks us each to examine the purpose of our lives and the path we choose on our own journey. In addition, we are reminded that we have a responsibility to take care of our health and do what we can to make a difference in the world that surrounds us. (more…)

"The Big Guy"

About Labyrinths – Walking Your Spiritual Journey

We are all on the path … exactly where we need to be. The labyrinth is a model of that path. A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering, but purposeful path. At its most basic level the labyrinth is a metaphor for life’s journey – to the center of your deepest self and back out into the world with a broadened understanding of who you are.

A labyrinth is an archetype with which we can have a direct experience. We can walk it.  It has only one path — the way in is the way out. The labyrinth’s path has a beginning and an end that are one and the same. Walking a labyrinth offers opportunity for reflection and meditation, and the chance to become more aware of where we are in life. In the walking, exploration of a labyrinth we always end up where we started, but as acknowledged by the English poet T.S. Eliot, “… the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”

The ever-turning path of a labyrinth offers a circling walk to the center. The walk first takes you in … into the labyrinth and into yourself … and then around … around and back and forth with an ever changing perspective of the labyrinth that also offers to change and broaden your perspective of the problems or concerns that you brought with you. And, finally, walking a labyrinth takes you down. Down to an inner place of peace, of rest, of relaxation.

Unlike a maze, a labyrinth has only one choice to be made. The choice is whether to enter or not. The choice is whether or not to walk the spiritual path. — Dan Johnston, Ph.D. (Lessons For Living)

Envision the possibility of stopping cancer in its tracks.

On the evening of September 5th, 2008 I sat on a couch next to my father. I held his hand as we watched a celebrity-filled television show called “ Stand Up To Cancer”. I cried, so did he. I remember him being particularly struck by the appearance of Patrick Swayze and the young children featured on the show who were bravely battling the disease. For the most part we watched in silence.

Little did I know as we sat together that night, that within two short months my father would become one of the statistics — he passed away within three months of his diagnosis with stage IV colon cancer. (more…)