What the Highway Taught Me About How to Live
Certain places are ripe for spiritual practice. Quiet rooms with low lighting and gorgeous altars. Spacious sanctuaries filled with devoted practitioners. Long ribbons of asphalt populated with speeding vehicles. Wait, what? Yup, that’s what I said. Everywhere is a...
Wonderful Stuff Day
What am I ingesting today? Am I letting old fears and grievances fill me up? If so, am I willing to be filled with something else instead? Something like faith, love, or freedom? Today I notice what I consume. If something I am ingesting, whether food or an idea, is...
Expand Your Shine
As the diversity of human expression expands, I can recognize this expansion as a gift. Is there a part of me that’s been in hiding? Can I recognize and love this part of myself today? Is there anything I can do, now or in the future, to encourage this part of myself...
Release the Stance
Playing the victim can be tempting. There’s a perverse power in being the one who’s been wronged. Others can feel bad for me. They can offer me comfort and solace. Also? The person who harmed me gets to be wrong. That can feel perversely satisfying as well. But does...