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Rest and Renewal
Today, December 21, 2022, at 4:48 PM Eastern time, the Northern Hemisphere will be at the furthest point from the sun, and therefore we will experience the shortest day of the year and the longest night. This is the Winter Solstice. Sol is the Latin word for Sun, and
Overcoming Obstacles
Plots in fiction often consist of a character wanting something and being continually hindered. Without these obstacles, roadblocks, twists, and turns, there wouldn’t be a story. Our lives unfold in the same way. Without obstacles, there would be no path to traverse. What is an obstacle? An obstacle is something
The path is the goal
Are you always hoping or planning to find a better house, better job, or better income? Does it seem that the future holds a time when you will be more fulfilled, happier, and more prosperous? Human beings are creatures of desire, and most of us are always wanting something. It’s
Transformation
Autumn is the time of year when school starts again, and people get back to work after taking a summer vacation and, in many parts of the world, a time of harvest. Nature teaches us that life is an ebb and flow, and the seasons remind us that all of
Be the Change
As each of us moves along our life path, at some point, we realize that our happiness depends not only on our own success and well-being but on the effect we have on others near and far. No one can make it on their own. Our only true path to
Dream Guidance
Dreams communicate with us. There are many true stories people have told about how their dreams communicated important, even life-saving, information. For example, Paul McCartney’s song “Yesterday” came to him in a dream. Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi received advice on how to lead his country to liberation. He dreamed that
Your Own Unfolding Path
We live in a world of competition and comparison. Often there are images shown to us by advertisers, movie producers, and news outlets of those who are rich, powerful, “beautiful” (by ordinary standards), and successful in the worldly sense. But what does this all mean, really? Who are these people
Life goes on
Whether you are struggling with a particularly difficult challenge, or just finding yourself caught up in the disturbing news of this time, how can you find a sense of equilibrium? I find myself moving between despair and remembrance, remembrance of the spiritual values that sustain me. My practice is to
Hope
We are all in a constant state of transformation. For nine months, we transformed in our mothers’ wombs, and from our birth until now, we’ve continued to change. Change is the one constant in life. I’m not speaking only about physical change, but psychological, emotional, and spiritual change. We are
Writing through the darkness
How do you wake up in the morning? Are you full of energy, enthusiastic about starting a new day? Or do troubling thoughts and emotions arise as you come into awareness? These days, I wake not just thinking about my own life, but about the many people suffering in our
In a time of destruction, create something
The world is more interconnected than ever before. What happens on the other side of the planet affects us, and what we do affects those in far-off places. I don’t know if there are more frightening events occurring now than in the past or if we just learn about them
Write your troubles, write your dreams
Every day we are confronted by ‘bad news’ stories on our phones, computers, and telephones. And it’s true that there are wars, cruelty, injustice, and violence in many parts of the world. Our awareness of the many large issues in the world has only grown and we are quick to
Writing your aspirations
Mindfulness, which is essential to our well-being and process of transformation, is about paying attention to our moment to moment experience, with curiosity, and without judgment. But human beings are also future oriented. We like to make plans, and when we can’t, it can be disorienting. This has definitely been
Your Journey
Everybody has a story, and each is unique, one of a kind. You were born into a certain set of circumstances, and you have thus far worked with it the best you could. You’re had opportunities and challenges, and have arrived at this point in time shaped by how you’ve
Inner Change
Life is change. We change moment to moment. Yet many times our lives feel static, as if things are fixed a certain way. I’ve always thrived on making change, oftentimes moving to a new home or even a new country. But at a certain point, that type of change becomes
Live with Hope
Sometimes it feels as if things will never change. This often happens when we are in a situation, such as now during the pandemic, in which our limits of endurance are being tested. But when things are going well, when we are immersed in a pleasurable or rewarding activity, with
Where Am I?
Life is change and change is challenging. Yet without change nothing new could ever occur.As we follow along our own unfolding path, we come to various twists and turns. Sometimes what feel like roadblocks make it seem close to impossible to keep moving forward. Yet move forward we must. We
Life is a Spiral
Some of us tend to think of life as a line. We are born, go through various experiences both positive and negative, and die. That’s the end. But is that how things work? We can also look at life as a spiral. And if you think about it, you may
Creativity
As spring makes its appearance, at least where I live, the earth has been showing its aliveness in a colorful way—trees blossoming with new greenery, flowers of all shapes, sizes and colors emerging from the soil, birds and other animals visibly enjoying the warmer weather. For those of us in
We Grow by Delays
In The Cloud of Unknowing, a spiritual ‘guidebook’ by an anonymous author written in the 14th century, it states that “we grow by delays.” Many of us want answers to our questions, want a resolution to our troubles, and want to succeed in a given time frame, to reach our
