My Reel of Fortune

“Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.”–Rashi A fortunate encounter? Some might call my latest lesson in letting go a mis-fortune… On my way to the parking lot [...]

Witnessing Into Being

“We are dreaming the world into being through the very act of witnessing it.” –Alberto Villoldo, PhD. Take a look around you. What do you see? What is it that you are witnessing? More [...]

Start Where You Are – Two

“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.” [...]

Your Last Words

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that’s waiting for us.”–Joseph Campbell. So you’re on your deathbed. You’ve lived a long and vibrant [...]

From Storm to Stillness

A tickle in my throat last week has turned into a full-blown, all-consuming, unrelenting hack-a-thon. Days of waking up like it’s Groundhog Day: in a trash heap of sweat, cough drop wrappers, and [...]