Being Part of the World
“You are definitely ready… to [plumb] the depths of your adoration for the privilege of being alive.” — Rob Brezny Earthquakes, tsunamis,...
The Grace of Acknowledgment
“We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a...
Poetry, the Brain and Staying Sane
“Only one thing is necessary to write poetry: everything.” — spoken by the character Atillio in the film The Tiger and the Snow (Roberto...
Standing Before Uncertainty
It is on a threshold, at the edge, where we are most able to alter our understanding of the world, and of our own lives in it. — Gregory...
Sustanence
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thought nor measure words, but pouring...
To Listen More Than We Speak
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. — Epictetus, Greek philosopher, 55-135 A.D. Woods Hole...
Finding Center
On April 28th I wrote a post titled Embracing Edginess. In it I quoted Pema Chodron from her book, Practicing Peace in Times of War: If...
Pushing Towards Patience
There’s a saying: "The door to opportunity is always labeled “Push.” Yet pushing against the natural pace and flow of things, not...
Questions as Fuel
How can I go forward when I don’t know what way I’m facing? / How can I go forward when I don’t know what way to turn? – John Lennon,...
The Beginning
"The real work is the change.” – Andy Goldsworthy, from the documentary Rivers and Tides. This is the place where transformation begins....
