When In Doubt, Choose to Love
When in doubt, Choose to Love. There are so many things to say about Love that my heart starts to beat faster as I even think about sharing on this deep topic. Love, loving, choosing love…has actually come my way not only through the classic, inspiring Beatles song, All You Need is Love, (which was a smash hit right in the middle...
Bad Othering is Harming Us All
Bad othering is harming us all: we can change this. Whether you celebrate Advent and Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, Kwanzaa, or perhaps simply December, with its growing depth and darkness, its opportunities for quiet reflection, and the promise of light returning, the way we relate to ourselves and to the “others” in our lives will affect all of us deeply....
Silver Linings
Silver linings, new perspectives, fresh ways of seeing… as we continue to experience ever more deeply the upending effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, many people around the world are offering and experiencing what we could truly call Silver Linings to the dark clouds. Surprising and heartening perspectives are emerging from this, in some ways, clearly...
Relax! We’ve Arrived!
Relax, we’ve arrived? The question mark is mine. Relax, You’ve Arrived, is Rick Hanson’s recent post on Just One Thing Why the question mark? Well, it’s because the exhortation goes directly against the way I was brought up, and lived much of my life — that I must keep busy, doing, trying to getting somewhere...
Welcome Joy!
Welcome joy! What a lovely phrase… it makes my heart open and sing. Over the past several years I have been paying attention to my tendency to judge, be judgemental… toward myself, toward others. I’ve written about this, felt into it…and am beginning to notice, with gratitude, that it seems to be softening, fading… One of the fruits of this work is...