Peter Alexander McWilliams (August 5, 1949 – June 14, 2000)

Peter McWilliams died 9 years ago

Peter Alexander McWilliams was born on August 5, 1949 in Michigan. He wrote the books LIFE 101, DO IT!, You Can’t Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought, and Ain’t Nobody’s Business If You Do. Mr. McWilliams died on June 14, 2000 in California.

Peter McWilliams died today – 8 years ago

Author (of Do It! Let's Get Off Our Buts, Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned About Life in School -- But Didn't, You Can't Afford the Luxury of a Negative Thought, and Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society) Peter Alexander McWilliams was born on August 5, 1949 in Michigan. He said, “We are all, right now, living the life we choose.” [So let’s make some better choices.]... Mr. McWilliams died on June 14, 2000 in California.

Hermann Hesse died today – 45 years ago

German writer Hermann Hesse was born on July 2, 1887 in Calw, Württemberg, Germany. He said, “I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” [As Peter McWilliams said on page 19 in “Life 101”, “There must be a lesson in here someplace.”]... Mr. Hesse died in 1962 in Montagnola, Switzerland.

The Celestine Prophecy - A Celestial Quest

The movie “The Celestine Prophecy (2006)” is an interesting tale about how human relationships could be much better. (It calls it the next step in evolution.) The beautiful rainforest scenes are inspiring. There is enough intrigue and action to satisfy a lot of viewers. The “heady” parts will probably escape them. I tried to process the words, but it took a lot of work. It helped having the captions on.

The so-called “insights” are interesting. My jury is still out on the nature of coincidences. But the ramifications of energy – particularly the need to give it – are important. Much of this reminded me of the late Peter McWilliams’ statement that people need to be free to experiment with what works for their lives. In religious terms, this would be “working out your own salvation.” Sounds like a wonderful idea to me. I think I heard of it before… Oh, wait. It’s in the U.S. Declaration of Independence: “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”