Times of Trouble

This troubled time of extreme ideological division is an opportunity to up our game and develop a habit of acting kindly to everyone, regardless of how divergent their political perspective may be from our own. While it’s the norm (encouraged by people making...

Behind the Desire

What drives all our desires is the feeling we think they will bring. We want that mate, possession, vacation, qualification or title because we think it will make us feel a certain way. Whether it’s love, fulfillment, self-confidence, achievements or justice,...

Opportunity In Everything

Nothing is one-dimensional. Every hardship has an upside; every tragedy has a benefit. Every stress compels us to manifest a bigger, broader, kinder part of ourselves to deal with it. Yes, there is pain and we need to feel it. We have to honor our true feelings about...

Embrace It!

Every experience we have has three elements: What actually happens; our perception of what happens; and the way we interpret and fit that information into our personal world of meaning. We have little control over most events and the accuracy of the information we...

Default Acceptance

We’ve all had the experience of suspecting others of devious intentions only to later find out we were mistaken. Giving people the benefit of doubt creates a kinder world. When others feel accepted, they don’t feel the need to defend or prove their...

The Path to Evolution

How each moment unfolds and how we experience it is the product of an incomprehensible number of factors, both known and invisible. There’s a certain degree of inevitability – not only in what happens – but also in how we are moved to react to it. We...