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This is the continuation of my previous post: “Stepping Out of Comfort into Not-Knowing,”  which tells the story of how and why I quit a successful teaching career of twenty years – [...]

“I want to shed my waste with quiet reverence like the pine… Keep me mindful of what I take into my home, the items brought to substitute for real living…Help me slowly to surrender all excess.” [...]

I was invited to clear an apartment recently belonging to woman who had suffered and died of ovarian cancer. The two women handling her estate called me in because they felt that the space did [...]

The iPad just came out last week. I don’t know about you, but I find this video [see below] really trippy… and cool! What’s one thing you can do today that inserts a little [...]

I am fascinated by the world of social media and social networking. I love the implications of “tribes” finding each other and connecting around common interests. I love writing too, [...]

Our beloved refrigerator leaves us today. I can hear her humming away in the other room – as she has for 25 years – oblivious to her fate. It’s like we’re putting her down. We bought [...]

What is one song that is certain to lift your spirits?  Change your mood in less than one minute? Give you goosebumps? I have two. 1.  “Golden” by Jill Scott. Not only do I feel [...]

“When how a person occurs to himself alters, everything else shifts as well.” I believe that “spaciousness” is something that expresses itself in infinite ways. [...]

Ease. For such a little word, it lingers and expands if you say it out loud. Repeat it slowly – with awareness – and you might even feel your nervous system relax. Insert the phrase “I [...]

“Struggle and joy are not on the same channel.” –Abraham-Hicks If you could have what you wanted, would you take it? This short video by Abraham-Hicks suggests that you go for what [...]