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Meeting You
Meeting you today in the tenderness that comes with being alive. The sheer tenderness of relational existence; of being human in relationship with other human beings. The honest tenderness of being inseparable from the pulse that fuels both war and peace. Meeting you...
Turning Towards It
It’s amazing how much Silence can take care of, if only we give it the chance. By the end of the day yesterday, I was aware of a low-grade agitation in my system. I could feel it as I walked the dogs in the early spring warm night air. Subtle, this sense of unease....
In Honor of Equinox, in Praise of Equanimity
Life is dynamic and ever-changing. Our humanness, in all its flux and fury, is part of the holy mess we get to reckon with. And stillness, at the neutral midpoint, is the ever-present refuge from the storm. I like seeing the Equinox as the time of year that celebrates...
Re-Emergence
Dear Ones, Whew… What a moment, right? I mean perpetually, yes. And in the last couple of years, certainly. But even just recently, it has all seemed increasingly and ridiculously tumultuous. Tumult tends to send me inward, and so I’m just tenderly stepping back...
The Suffering of Not-Want
Vigilance & Mercy
Addiction to Suffering
The Trap of “The Perfect Outcome”
Minding Our Own Business
Making Medicine of Contempt; Teachings in Self-Forgiveness
In the past few years, I have experienced the painful intensity of someone’s contempt. This was not a romantic connection, gone sour. It was a layered and complex soul contract, a cherished friendship I had fully imagined would weather the storms and seasons of...