Posts Tagged ‘compassion’
The Courage to Begin Again
I know I’m in the company of millions when I say my life has been turned upside down. Things are uncertain. My anxiety has reached unprecedented levels and my emotions…
Read MoreTrain Your Brave
In your life, are you more driven by what inspires you or what scares you? Last week as I was navigating some deep-seated not-enough stories and wrestling with the fear…
Read MoreThe Second Arrow: how we multiple our suffering
How often do you experience something painful – either emotional or physical – and you fairly quickly find yourself getting dramatic about it? Or maybe you don’t get worked up,…
Read MoreBecause Life Will Bump Into You
Towards the end of 2018, I made a pact with one of my dearest friends, Kevin, that we would only fill ourselves up and surround ourselves with the things that…
Read MoreThe thing that saved my life and made me a better person
My little guy turned 10 yesterday and it’s hard to believe we’re already in double digits. Last night as I was watching him play his video game (Fortnight is…
Read MoreI waited for the truck…
The Universe wants to be noticed…and heard. Problem is, we aren’t always listening. Did you ever get a gut feeling to do something and not do it? Have…
Read MoreAbandon hope of a better past
Over the last week in California, something shifted for me. It wasn’t a singular action that spurred this shift in consciousness, nor was it the trip itself. But, removing…
Read MoreThis is Spiritual Design
Long ago, the Buddha was speaking in a small town, sharing what he’d learned about freedom from suffering, when a woman suddenly rushed up to him holding the…
Read MoreStanding in the middle of all this
Life continually moves through contrasts – rise and fall, success and failure, loss and gain, acceptance and blame. In these moments it’s difficult, if not near-impossible, to keep a…
Read MoreLife isn’t always fair
It’s not fair. It’s a phrase that likely has been with us our whole life, to greater and lesser degrees. As children, we learned to use the…
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