6 days agoThe River of LifeSince we first saw a bison on the prehistoric plain and it seemed to stare back at us, we have turned everything into us. With the curiosity of a child, we humanize everything — making the dog pout when we’re sad, making the bird sing when we’re happy, making the…3 min read3 min read
Sep 11In ThisThe drop of a glass brings us running but we have to climb to see the view. In this, the vow to love: to be there when we break and to never stop climbing. And to enter the vastness, side by side, is like walking through a forest at dawn. …2 min read2 min read
Sep 4Pairing DownWhen your mask cracks, you can repair it or pull it apart and feel how you were born. When the story you’ve relied on rips, you can stitch it back together or let it all unravel and ask quietly and fervently, “Who am I now?” And when your worldview shows…2 min read2 min read
Aug 28Practicing IntimacyI invite you to practice intimacy. You may think, does he mean “practice making love?” Yes, but not with your body. I invite you to practice making love with the way you listen. How? Locate the center of your listening, which will be in the softest part of your heart…2 min read2 min read
Aug 21The Velocity of ChangeIf you drop a plate, or in frustration, throw it against a wall — Well, you get the idea. Speed releases violence. Or you could use it every day and wash it and dry it and care for it through the long years of intimacy until one day its bond…2 min read2 min read
Aug 14Teaching as GreenhouseAfter a lifetime of teaching, I’ve come to believe that you can’t change anyone. So, what am I doing in the many circles I convene all over the world? …3 min read3 min read
Aug 7Yellow RequiemYou’ve both been gone for eight years and I am turning seventy. I still miss what we never had. Even when you were here, I had become my own mother, my own father. It took some time but I can remember a beautiful moment in the eye of the storm…2 min read2 min read
Jul 31As I AgeLittle things fall away as big things become more clear. I can no longer open jars or carry two grocery bags at once. But I can perch like an eagle on the edge of the vastness in any given moment. I now walk into the kitchen and forget what I…2 min read2 min read
Jul 24I Keep Diving Down and Coming UpThis whole journey is a rising and falling, a breaking into repair, a stubborn hike into acceptance, a give and take that lets the soul breathe. And I keep building nest after nest, for I believe that everyone can fly. I keep trying to understand, a nest in itself, only…2 min read2 min read
Jul 17The Practice of Seeing and Not SeeingI confess that though I see all for a second and nothing for a long time, I believe in all. The nature of true knowing is fleeting, though the deepest knowledge is constant. …3 min read3 min read
