For me personally, it takes a lot of dedication to keep myself in balance, or to get back into balance when I’ve let myself get swept up in reactions. But what’s helping me these days is working with this deceptively simple quote from the inestimable Ron and Mary Hulnick: “How you deal with the issue IS the issue.”
Read MoreMissing the brightest light?
Read MoreIf I’m reacting unpeacefully to the nonpeace that’s outside of me, that reaction inside me is where my work begins. So I must start with with sowing peace inside myself first - and that means accepting my nonpeace.
Read MoreBut when I do bring love to the unloving, it always pays off. The payoff inside me is often immediate, even if the payoffs in the world take longer.
Read MoreHe told me that heaven is always here, inside me - not due to the events, but rather the events had just called my attention to it.
Read MoreIn my dream, I paused, looked around the group, and added “If you want to be free of the prison of ‘life happens to me,’ you are the one who holds the key.”
Read MoreIf you want less drama in your life, and more happiness, you might want to take a closer look at your complaining.
Read MoreBeing okay when we’re not okay
Read MoreI’m not a fan of new year’s resolutions because they so often become counter-productive. But having a clear intention for a heart-led experience of the year is really helpful. Having something simple in place to remind me of what that is seems to be a very good plan.
Read MoreI’ve been asking myself, what is Home? Clearly it’s more than geography, more than a structure. It’s even more than familiar people and circumstances.
Read MoreWe're all changing, all of the time. Yet none of us changes in the same way or at the same time, although we are all parts of the same tree. Our combined efforts may create a blotchy mess along the way, but together we create the colorful mosaic that is our constantly renewing life.
Read MoreIt’s the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria striking our island home of St Croix. This is my story.
Read MoreIt can be such a relief to pause for a moment and just focus awareness on the common things, the simple things that are present in everyday life
Read MoreTake a meditative moment to listen inwardly for the wisdom and loving of the "still, small voice" that's often so hard to hear.
Read MoreSince the beginning of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, I’ve had my phone set to remind me every hour to turn my attention and loving toward the people of Ukraine … It’s all I’ve known to do. Up until now …
Read MoreI recently sat down for a conversation with my friend Danny Bader for his podcast “Back to Life.“ Danny is a thoughtful, inspiring man of heart and spirit, and our conversation covered a lot of heart-led ground. You can watch it here.
Read MoreSometimes doubts, fears, and limiting beliefs flare up when I think about reaching out, but like that little girl approaching the big red dog, when I move forward with my trust, respect and tenderness - plus a little playfulness, I quickly find that my new BFF has been there all along, inside me, inviting me to be the caring friend for myself and for others. It’s the layered meaning of the old saying: “If you want to have a friend, be a friend.”
Read MoreWe all want to feel special - and sometimes feel we need to be treated that way to recognize the wholeness and worth of our true selves. But egos have a way of appropriating “specialness” in a way that reinforces the false self instead - and leads to comparison and separation rather than wholeness and worth.
Read MoreIf you’ve truly walked away, initially you’ll probably feel relief in some form. As you continue letting your heart lead, you’ll begin to notice it no longer matters if you have what you were attached to or not. You can have those trendy clothes, but you won’t feel you need them. You’ll be free inside if you have them, and free inside if you don’t.
You’ll have walked away from your attachment by walking toward your heart.
Read MoreI'm not a fan of New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve watched too many people, including myself, make a list of promises to themselves and then proceed to break them…I am far more motivated by a challenge. That - to me - is something inspiring, exciting, unknown. It feels more like an invitation, perhaps even a dare, and that brings forward my excitement, my enthusiasm, my sense of adventure.
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