Author, psychologist and meditation teacher Tara Brach said: "Attention is the greatest form of love." Ponder this with me: In our attention economy where bots and algorithms and influencers and corporations and everyone and their brother is trying to capture our attention, what does it mean that attention is the greatest form of love? Who […]

There are so many things to be said about the importance of this date in our nation's collective history ... But for now, my mind and heart are with our country as we toggle between what feels like sanity and insanity. Between name-calling and human dignity. Between misogyny and trusting women. Between racism and a […]

I've been feeling all the dark feels lately, so I decided to post a lovely little essay today about one day in a life; in your life, and in mine. See what you think. The Life of a Day Like people or dogs, each day is unique and has its own personality quirks which can […]

Currently, my soul is forcing a slowdown that I am helpless to alter. I don't want to hurry anymore. I have hurried most of my life. I am weary of hurrying. Hurrying is over-rated. Hurrying makes me act in ways I don't love or admire. Hurrying causes me to miss my life. Hurrying keeps me […]

The hard part Is to find yourself at home with where and what you are And still remain amazed. (John Koethe, "Beyond Belief") We live in a trance so much of the time, don't we? Here, but not here. Restless, never really at home. We carry around a vague sense of unhappiness with who we […]

I gotta' be honest today: I feel stuck. Stuck about how to write anything that means anything about what the world feels like right now. Stuck about how honest and vulnerable to be about the things I am pondering these days, the things that are causing me angst, giving me pause, making me reconsider choices. […]