At a recent organizational gathering I was honoured for my years of service. A number of very kind things were...
How do we writers feel when something we thought was perfect is changed—even slightly—or commented on, or sometimes deleted? Do...
I was driving along the highway at 60 mph in a wrinkled and greying old Dodge K car that I’d...
Are you struggling with accepting something? We’ve curated this collection of 31 acceptance quotes from a range of thoughtful luminaries...
The correct starting point for any creative activity is an acceptance of the present situation, exactly as it is. However, to start from that starting point you need to be able to...
It is a hallmark of human experience that we tend to miss the significance of the moment. Many things occur to us over the course of our lives, and it is often only when...
Sengcan, an old master once said, “The great Way is not difficult if you just don’t pick and choose.” The open mind is one that is like a metaphorical sky—vast to the point of...
Being in two minds” smacks of indecision and wavering. Or does it? If we could always be in two minds decision-making becomes easier—there is no uncertainty. While holding our own point of...
Within the last century, Western science and physics have made a startling discovery. We are part of the world we view. The very process of our observation changes the things we observe. As an...
In life we're often challenged by situations, our emotions, our work and other people. We struggle to make things the way we want them to be, or struggle to be comfortable with things that aren’t...
This spring I find myself caught in a mental loop, rethinking the same negative thoughts over and over, unable to take a step back and gain any sort of perspective for longer than a few brief...
Be willing to allow. That's all the universe needs us to do for it to deliver something magical. It constantly looks at our attitude, our way of being, our contentedness...
Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher and writer, often speaks about the power of deep listening and the effect this can have on another person...
Why don’t my children listen to me? Why can't politicians tell the truth? Why did it have to rain on my wedding day? Reality baffles us. We question it every day...
While meditating today I started by focusing on whatever my senses picked up in the environment. I tuned into the various sounds of nature without fixating on any of them. After a short while...
During a series of devastating losses, when it seemed as though a river of sorrow was sweeping through my life and I was hanging onto the bank, I decided to let go...
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