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John Cali

Robert Frost has always been one of my favorite poets. And one of my favorite Frost poems is The Road Not Taken.

Here are some excerpts from that poem:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could . . .
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.… Read more

John Cali

Strange sounding title, isn’t it? Most of you probably agree you create your future now, by the choices you make in this present moment. But how can you create your past now?

My mother and her sister, only about a year and a half apart in age, grew to adulthood in the same house with the same parents and siblings. (All are dead now.)

My mother’s memories of her childhood were warm and happy. My aunt’s were not.

My mother adored her parents and saw them as kind, caring, and loving.… Read more

John Cali

Strange sounding title, isn’t it? Most of you probably agree you create your future now, by the choices you make in this present moment. But how can you create your past now?

My mother and her sister, only about a year and a half apart in age, grew to adulthood in the same house with the same parents and siblings. (All are dead now.)

My mother’s memories of her childhood were warm and happy. My aunt’s were not.

My mother adored her parents and saw them as kind, caring, and loving.… Read more

John Cali

Since today is Valentine’s Day, I thought we’d talk about relationships. Fascinating and often baffling subject, isn’t it?

Recently, several of my close, years-long personal relationships have faded and gotten lost in the mists of time. There were no big fights. Nobody got mad at anybody. There was just a quiet drifting in different directions.

None of these were romantic relationships. But Valentine’s Day is not just about lovers — it’s about us all in relationships of love with each other.… Read more

John Cali

Since today is Valentine’s Day, I thought we’d talk about relationships. Fascinating and often baffling subject, isn’t it?

Recently, several of my close, years-long personal relationships have faded and gotten lost in the mists of time. There were no big fights. Nobody got mad at anybody. There was just a quiet drifting in different directions.

None of these were romantic relationships. But Valentine’s Day is not just about lovers — it’s about us all in relationships of love with each other.… Read more

John Cali

The other day while I was grocery shopping, I spied an item I’d never seen in the store. It was one of my favorite Italian cheeses. So I bought a piece.

When I got home, I read the small print on the label. It said:

Firm smooth body . . . will sharpen with age.

What a great metaphor, I thought, for the way some humans age, and probably the way most of us would like to.

As I get older, I’ve found my memory and my body are in better shape than when I was younger.… Read more

John Cali

The other day while I was grocery shopping, I spied an item I’d never seen in the store. It was one of my favorite Italian cheeses. So I bought a piece.

When I got home, I read the small print on the label. It said:

Firm smooth body . . . will sharpen with age.

What a great metaphor, I thought, for the way some humans age, and probably the way most of us would like to.

As I get older, I’ve found my memory and my body are in better shape than when I was younger.… Read more

I grew up in a small farm town in rural western New York State. As a boy, I often wandered out into the woods, hills, and fields. There was a peace and solitude I loved about the wild places. I suppose that’s why I live in Wyoming today.

I spent many happy hours wondering in those wild places, usually alone, and sometimes with my brother and cousins. Many warm memories of those childhood days remain with me today.

But there was one place we were afraid of — a dark, dense woods.… Read more

This article has been re-titled Heart to Heart and moved to this location.

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John Cali communicates with several non-physical entities. These messages are a blend of information from Spirit and John.

John can be reached by email here or through their website

Personal readings with Spirit are available here.… Read more

John Cali

Just before I left New York last week, one of my family was asking me if I was stressed out over a serious, possibly life-threatening, problem another close family member was having.

“No,” I replied. I felt the intensity that person was dealing with, but I was not about to take on her problem and get all stressed out over it. I was not going to make someone else’s problem, no matter how much I loved her, my problem.… Read more

John Cali

I’ve really loved my time here in New York with my family and old friends from the distant past. I am richly blessed to have such loving, caring folks in my life.

But I’ve sorely missed my home in Wyoming. I’ve missed its vast, wide-open spaces and big blue skies. I’ve missed its endless, rolling plains and its mystical mountains soaring into the heavens. I’ve missed the silent nights when I can look up and see all the bright, twinkling stars in the velvety blackness, the spectacular northern lights, and the full moon casting its golden glow over the mountains and valleys.… Read more

John Cali

My time here in New York State has been a wonderful opportunity for growth and remembering. I’ve had more contact with more people — family, friends, people in general — than I usually do in Wyoming.

And I’ve been powerfully reminded of the lives of quiet desperation so many people are living. It ain’t a pretty sight!

Our modern world exhorts us to base our confidence and trust on what we do and not on who we are. We’ve forgotten how to live and love.… Read more

John Cali

With the 2006 calendar year about to dawn on us, our thoughts are turning to resolutions for the new year. You know — all those good intentions we wanted to put into action in 2005, but never got around to.

When I was younger, I would make a written list of good intentions and resolutions for each new year. January 1 arrived and I’d be so enthusiastic about the exciting new year when all my dreams would come true.… Read more

John Cali

At the risk of being “politically incorrect,” I want to wish all of you a most Merry Christmas. You do not have to be Christian (I am not) to have a merry and happy Christmas season. I absolutely love this time of year.

But, for those of you who may be rolling your eyes into the back of your skulls, I’ll also wish all of you Happy Holidays. 😉

To get a bit more serious here, I received a letter from a friend just a few days ago.… Read more

John Cali

These past couple of months I’ve been here in New York State with my family have been most interesting. When I’m home in Wyoming, I rarely pay attention to the mainstream news media. But since I arrived in Rochester, I’ve been reading the local newspaper occasionally.

A few days ago, I saw an article about a local club, an organization dedicated to single people looking for a partner.

Now there are tons of organizations like that today — as I’m sure you know if you’re single and searching.… Read more

John Cali

I’m not a fan of most contemporary popular music. But I happened to read about the recent American Music Awards program. Country singer Tim McGraw won two awards for his album called Live Like You Were Dying.

I don’t know what songs are in the album, nor do I know any of the lyrics. But I was intrigued by the album’s title. Sounds like great advice to me.

Here’s Spirit.

Spirit

This is the time of year when many of you on the planet celebrate various holidays.… Read more

John Cali

Over the years, Spirit has spoken often about gratitude, and the wonders it can create in our lives. In the USA this week we celebrate a day called Thanksgiving. A day of giving thanks for all the blessings in our lives. A day for expressing gratitude.

Though Spirit and I wrote a newsletter article many years ago called Gratitude, it’s never lost its timeliness, especially at this season of the year. And especially at this time in our human and planetary evolution.… Read more

John Cali

Since I’ve been here in New York with my family these past several weeks, I’ve been paying more attention to beliefs and relationships. Specifically, my beliefs, and my relationships with my family.

As some of you know, I was born and raised a Roman Catholic in a family of Sicilian immigrants. I no longer practice Catholicism or any other traditional religion. But most of my family are still practicing Catholics.

Before I came to New York toward the end of last month, I was a bit apprehensive about being here so long — I’m not going back to Wyoming until mid-January.… Read more

John Cali

As most of you will recall, I’ve been in New York now for several weeks. This is the first time I’ve left Wyoming in almost a year, and my first visit to a big city in almost a year. I guess I’d forgotten what city life is like.

People here — not all, but certainly most — are living fear-filled lives. In Wyoming we have all the same problems of places with far more people. But the energy, the feeling of Wyoming and the rural Far West is much different, more positive and upbeat.… Read more

John Cali

Those of you who’ve been with us a while know how Spirit loves to go on and on about joy. Perhaps, given the way he uses the word and concept, the “j” ought to be capitalized.

On my own personal journey over the years Spirit has always urged me to look for the Joy in all circumstances, in every experience, in every relationship, in every place.

In the beginning that was a daunting assignment. But with his gentle, yet stern (stern in the way of a loving father) manner, I endured.… Read more

John Cali

I had the strangest experience not long ago. I’ve had lots of weird experiences in my life, but never anything like this.

I was driving from my house to a destination ten miles away. Since I’d travelled this route many times, I knew the exact distance. And since I almost always drive at the speed limit, I knew how many minutes the trip took.

As I left my house, I checked the clock in my car. When I arrived at my destination, I checked the car clock again.… Read more

John Cali

A couple days ago, I was walking into the post office. There was a couple standing at the entrance. As I passed them, I overheard the woman say to the man, “Wouldn’t it be nice not to have any stress?”

That got me to thinking what a stress-filled world we live in. Or do we?

There are certainly lots of stressed-out folks — even out here in this remote part of the northern Rocky Mountains. We don’t have the usual stresses of a metropolitan area — too many people, too much pollution, too much traffic, too much angry politics.… Read more

John Cali

Earlier this year, I had to buy a new computer. My old one was no longer able to handle everything I needed it to do. So I bought an expensive replacement with lots of “bells and whistles” — it seemed perfect for my needs.

Since I have only a bit of technical expertise (basically, only what I need to know for my work with Spirit), it was a daunting task to get everything transferred over to the new computer.… Read more