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.…
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” — John Lennon I’ve always loved this quote as an invitation to vision and new possibility. It suggests that reality needn’t be just a hard nut to crack, a bitter pill to…
It’s the time of year when a lot of us get reflective — thinking back on what we achieved and didn’t, what we’re grateful for and what we’ve overcome, all our loves and losses. Perhaps we’re beginning to make some…
A group of us went to the opening night of the Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, last week. I’d been looking forward to it for a year, and it fulfilled every expectation. I don’t know how many liberties were taken with…
We see it every year, the holidays in full swing earlier and earlier. Personally, I’m not much bothered by this. I am in favor of having as many holidays as possible, and I love them without reservation or apology. But…
In his beautiful book, Wishful Thinking, Frederick Buechner writes: “Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of…
All month I’ve been looking forward to talking about SURRENDER. I was eager to tie the spiritual practice of surrender into our continuing conversation about Abundance and Prosperity. It seemed perfect for where I'm at right now. I had…
Albert Einstein said, “There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle or as though everything is a miracle." A miracle is a thing of wonder, something that stretches our capacity for conventional explanation. …
