Why let go?
Today I practiced letting go, and it made me think about why I recommend this practice for your mental health and wellness. And, that...
Forget and forgive
There will be times when you forget something you’ve always remembered. You may forget to pay a regular bill on time or wish a loved one...
Sit a while and just breathe
There are plenty of times when we feel overwhelmed. Maybe the last two years have been a long, slow, lonesome slide toward...
The closest you can come for now
When peace is unattainable, strive for balance; it's the closest you can come for now.
Strive toward kindness
I see a natural balance to things. So much so, that I’m waiting for it to be named the fifth fundamental force of physics added to...
How comfortable are you with being unheard?
12,000 comments. Really? That's the number of comments I saw on an article online that I was reading. Maybe I misread. Maybe it was...
Tour de life
I've been thinking a lot lately of cycling. Not the two-wheeled kind -- the getting through your day kind. I've been noticing how we -- I...
Appreciating stillness
Even though summer doesn't end for another month -- the autumnal equinox falls on September 22 this year -- there is a wide-spread...
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...
A tear and a smile
Like many of my contemporaries, I first discovered Kahlil Gibran in the '60s when I and many of my contemporaries read "The Prophet." At...
