People Must Come First
We fail to understand that when one of us suffers, we all suffer. It has been far too long that we, as a society, have prioritized the...
Free is a mind that responds to incoming data without fear.
True Trust
You don’t need to know what’s coming to feel prepared... You need to trust. But not trust as we know and use it. Trust in ourselves. True...
Blame is Convenient
Blame is convenient. Why? Because blame’s sole purpose is to exonerate us from feeling guilt or responsibility for our experience, for...
Going to School?
Suffering is the distance between what you want and what is. Be ok with all outcomes and you will be at peace. My son is a college bound...
Nothing Needs to Change
“Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.” ~Eckhart Tolle My book group this week on The Power...
Perspective
We all agree. Everyone wants the same thing for ourselves, our families, our country, our world. One without war, famine, racism, fear....
Discomfort
"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then...
Making Peace
Everything you see without is healed within. What is going on our world? What are we doing? And more importantly, what can we do? First...
The Perfect Day
"When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky." ~ Buddha The perfect day is possible even...
A World in Transition
We are always in transition, but in our culture it has become a lost art. An essential component of transition is an open mind. This...
Time Out
The million dollar question for some is existential - how will I choose to change as result of this experience, at my deepest levels? For...
Damned If We Do?
Do we go out or do we stay in? Never has the catch 22 been more apparent that during the time of Corona. We are all struggling with the...
Corona - A Call to Love
When I posted my last blog, Fed up with Fear, I had no idea how prescient it would be. Through no effort of my own, fear has finally run...
Fed Up With Fear?
While some are suffering with the Corona virus, the majority of us are also sick - sick with fear. We fear the future, the present, the...
Being Human
So many of us hide our humanness from the world. We keep much of ourselves private, behind closed doors. When we step into the light of...
The Rise and Fall of Fear
Survival mode has us trying to hold on. Peace says we are letting go. You are not your brain, you have a brain. Contrary to popular...
Habit Rehab
"Happiness equals reality minus expectations." As Spring sets in and we are shut in we are all getting a good behind the scenes glimpse...
Fear: A Game of Hot and Cold
Life is really a game of emotional HOT and COLD. The target we are striving for is our TRUE SELF and our emotions are the guides we use...
Coming Together
The virus is virulent but even more contagious and more widespread is fear. This fear extends to all of us and though many of us may not...
2020: The Year of YES
When fear unexpectedly steps aside, in its place is a profound sense of freedom, liberation and inner peace. I never make resolutions for...