Declarations for 2019
I declare — there are things in the world that terrify me, and we’ve got what it takes to face them all. I declare that a holy alignment with Divine Harmony, Intelligence, Love, Beauty, Joy, and Plenty is the most…
I DO DECLARE
The affirmative approach we take in the Science of Mind philosophy and practice is uplifting and can be tremendously empowering. Our prayers are positive, and we speak them with creative authority. We call forth new possibilities, refusing to be bogged…
ODE TO JOY
David Whyte writes of Joy as: “The sheer intoxicating beauty of the world inhabited as an edge between what we previously thought was us and what we thought was other than us.” This definition feels nearly perfect: Pushing the thin…
CASTING CALL
A few months ago, I picked up a book of fiction by Joy Williams, called Ninety-Nine Stories of God. It is a collection of short stories, very very short stories — some only a few sentences long. They are alternately…
Reading: Danielle LaPorte via Mary Standing Otter
Right now there are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness. Someone you haven't met yet is already dreaming of adoring you.…
