The flip side of comparing ourselves to others and finding ourselves ‘less than’ is comparing ourselves to others so we can feel superior. Here too, the way to work with our comparing states is not through judgement but compassion. It…
I woke up this morning, got online, and discovered a peer of mine was running a workshop well-received enough that people are flying in to take it. I could have been joyful for her success. Instead, in about five seconds,…
In the too-busy, too-much-to-do world most of us are living in, it is very easy to feel overwhelmed and to believe the task ahead of us is impossible to complete. Notice where the word impossible is pointing. It is almost…
I love the little quotes that come across social media. In a world that offers too many stories of trauma and suffering, inspirational post-it notes, pictures and stories help us root back to our values. It’s like a mini church.…
As I begin the transition from Colorado to California, I am filled with both tender grief and loss, and the yearning and excitement of a new adventure. Holding opposite and contrary emotional states is what we most often struggle with.…
Last night, while I was sleeping far from you,
my heart was growing
bigger.
…
I am walking then shuffling
through one of those days,
like a deer caught in the headlights
…
Sometimes,
deeper than my need for change,
underneath the practice of nonattachment
…
It doesn’t matter now how tarnished it was,
what water and bramble ran between us.
What you thought was lost
…
Rethinking it for those of us who are pissy about it. Valentine’s Day has always annoyed me. I mean, it’s been done already. The whole representation of the heart symbol for care and love and all the other good relationship…
Sometimes I can’t shake this sadness in spite of all my training.
I can’t seem to wish myself into happiness,
whitewash it with a positive affirmation
…
Just as the doctors predicted upon her diagnosis,
she held out for two years in spite of her conviction that
holistic treatments and prayers to Hindu gods and goddesses
…