Quiet Stirrings
Last week I experienced something astounding. For the first time, sinking as deeply into awareness as possible, I headed into the safe...
Simple Wishes for Complicated Times
Walk around feeling like a leaf. / Know you could tumble any second. / Then decide what to do with your time. - Naomi Shihab Nye This...
The Power of Commitment
As I prepare to leave for the Spacious in Spain women’s retreat my friend Stephanie and I have been nurturing for over a year, the pace...
Lesson From Madrid
“This is good advice for life in general. Look up from the screen. Who knows, in looking one another in the eyes again, we might begin to...
Yes Instead of No
The message is simple. We are all connected, like the pick-up sticks in the photo. Move one even the tiniest bit, and the others quiver....
Deep Ease
Like pushing the proverbial stone up the mountain only to have it roll continuously back down, the many details, commitments, and...
Flexibility with a Bit of Humor
“Blessed are the flexible for they shall not get bent out of shape.” — Betsy Shirley (foster mother to more than 20 boys, including Buck...
Wisdom is What Works
This juicy morsel comes from the incomparable Clarissa Pinkola Éstes, heard on a book-on-tape while driving to an appointment today. I...
Mending the Break
At what instant does the break in the bone realize it must join its other half? — Mark Nepo, from his poem Waiting. Today I spoke with my...
Sculpting a Life
The story goes that when Michelangelo was asked how he carved the sculpture of David out of a single block of marble, he replied, “I...
