Amazing grace
What is grace? This question came up in a conversation I had weeks ago [Full disclosure: Weeks ago was early March 2013 when I originally...
Enjoying the process
My yoga teacher reminds us that yoga is not about the poses. It is about the breathing. As I strive to balance in a lunge, with one hand...
Be attentive
I ran into an old friend this past weekend, and she asked me how everyone was. In my case, that answer encompasses a lot of people: six...
Finding sanctuary in balance
Over the past few weeks, I keep mentally returning to the Chinese Fable of the Farmer. I've posted it before. It goes to another one of...
Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in magic? Or wonder? Or mystery? Why wouldn't anyone believe in magic when you are surrounded by it all the time? Lilacs...
A fierce love
One of my favorite radio shows -- okay, okay, I'm showing my age -- one of my favorite podcasts is On Being produced by Krista Tippet....
All you have to do is ask
In the Bible, we are told "Ask and it shall be given." But asking isn't as simple as all that because sometimes the simplest things are...
Honor thy mother
What a perfect day for Earth Day in my neighborhood! The sky is blue. The temperature is comfortable. The forsythia has popped open....
Easy for you to say!
Five years ago, to the day, I was wondering about resentment. Just remember, as you read this archived piece, it's called a practice for...
The rites of spring
As I said last week, it feels here like it's finally spring, the season of resurrection, or maybe even of reincarnation. Things are...
