The Journey

Have you ever held a tight fist for a long period of time and noticed that it becomes numb after a while, and then you don’t notice the pain anymore? When you begin to let go of the grip in [...]

“Nothing has more power to transform than awareness. When you become complete inside yourself, the worst conditions don’t matter.” –Deepak Chopra If you read “Massaging a [...]

Three months living in the starter home neighborhood of “Blogland” and I’ve got to move. The house is way too small for me. I need more rooms with direct access and signs on the doors [...]

It’s like your first day in school in a new town. You start out knowing no one. In a few weeks’ time, fate has brought you together with a diverse gaggle of new classmates…or [...]

“Hot and cold. Pain and Pleasure. Come and go. Come and go. Oh my Dear One, manage to endure them.” – Bhagavad Gita   Today, I do not feel whole, or in the flow, or joyful about anything. [...]

It was a schlep. sixteen hours in transit from Concord, Massachusetts, where I live, to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where I also live. Sort of. I have a second home in this high desert town in [...]

“I live by the truth that ‘No’ is a complete sentence. I rest as a spiritual act.”–Anne Lamott, O Magazine Most of us think of caring for ourselves as an extra-curricular [...]

“All around us, Washington is glowing, not just from the flood lights and flash bulbs of thousands of people already here to watch history, but seemingly lit from within.”––Anderson Cooper [...]

There’s this really adorable movie on YouTube called Validation. It’s the story of a parking garage ticket validator whose mission it is to make people smile. I’ve seen it three [...]

“Life is 10 percent of what happens to you, and 90 percent of how you respond to it.” –Unknown   Think of a time you experienced an “invasion” in your personal [...]