Are you hard on yourself? Do you often think “I should have done better!” I know I do! I’ve spent much of my life trying to ‘get better, do better, be better’ – my bookshelves are lined with self-help/self-improvement books and programs. I could probably start a small library! But [...]

“However confused the scene of our life appears, however torn we may be who now do face that scene, it can be faced, and we can go on to be whole.” ~ Muriel Rukeyser
“We can expect to feel fear, even dread at some points in our lives. We will always have situations that, for [...]

“…just as a violinist, cellist, or harpsichordist will tune to a certain pitch before playing, meditation is a matter of calibrating one’s emotional and mental vibrations. Just like tuning the strings of a violin to a note struck on the piano, concentration on an “ideal being” has the effect of harmonizing that within us [...]

The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark [...]

When you’ve gone through a holiday season and KNOW you’ve eaten way too much sugar, you might think you should do a sugar detox. It sounds like a great idea, especially if health and well being are among your top values. But I encourage you to think long and hard about that decision! [...]

Being really sick for over two weeks has actually been a blessing of sorts. Lots of down time, giving me plenty of time for reflection, prayer, writing.  Being “out of it” seemed to mean being open to other than the status quo, being more open to possibility.
I’ve always been great at envisioning wonderful [...]

Bringing your best forward with heart. Bringing forth your excellence, your brilliance, in whatever your arena.

A Prayer
O Creator, Source of all life
Shine your light in my heart.
And through my hands
Manifest your love.
Calm my doubts and
Unlock any gates on the path
You have set me.
Let my eyes see the beauty
My ears hear the harmony
My skin feel the texture
My tongue taste the bounty
And my nose smell the sweetness
of your earthly garden,
Knowing that through [...]

What would it be like to say “yes” to what you know to be true about you? What if you could say ‘yes’ to the things that you know are truly your gifts, or the steps that you know are yours to take?
This is such an exciting time to be living in! The world is [...]

On Twitter this morning, @davecarpenter was talking about not letting anyone rain on his parade.  As I read his tweets, I thought to myself that’s true for me, too!  I don’t have to let anyone else rain on my parade!  For better or worse, then, I started singing “Don’t Rain on my Parade,” fancying myself [...]