"Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn't know before you learned it." Maya Angelou

"Peace is this moment without judgment. That is all. This moment in the heart space where everything that is, is welcome. Peace is this moment without thinking that it should be some other way, that you should feel some other thing, that your life should unfold according to your plans. Peace is this moment [...]

June 2023 “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.” Elizabeth Gilbert

May 2023 “Three things in human life are important:  the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James

March 2023 “When we believe that suffering is a mistake, it’s no wonder we do everything in our power to stay clear of it.” “We can’t be free if we are rejecting any part of our lives.” Frank Ostaseski, The Five Invitations. Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully. [...]

March 2023 “A hardness we can't see, cold and rigid, begins to form between us and the world, the longer we stay silent about what we need. It is not even about getting what we need, but about admitting, mostly to ourselves, that we do have needs. Asking for help, whether we get it [...]

February 2023  “We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not. Our actions and states of mind matter, because we are so deeply interconnected with one another.” -Ram Dass

January 2023  “The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.” -Jiddu Krishnamurti

December 2022 “There’s a trick to the 'graceful exit.' It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, or a relationship is over — and let it go. It means leaving what’s over without denying its validity or its past importance to our lives. It involves a sense of future, [...]

November 2022 "If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and [...]