Turning Bare-Chested Towards Loss

Turning Bare-Chested Towards Loss

 This morning, as I awakened alone inside the quiet warmth of my bed, I found myself contemplating the habitual way we brace ourselves against loss. I was considering a dear friend of mine, who is facing a particularly grueling passage of loss, inside a lifetime full...
Belonging to Ourselves

Belonging to Ourselves

All these efforts to somehow crack the codes of life, of adulting, business, parenting, health, money, service, social media algorithms— for what? So that we finally achieve some ultimate sense of security, or impact, or relevance? So we can finally know that we...
The Gateway

The Gateway

Beyond the pendulum swing from disappointment to prayer and frustration to revelation; beyond the poignant lessons of mistake and resolve, the continuous poetry of ache and relief, the habit of self-fascination—there is a gateway. Yes, the gateway of equanimity, at...