Resistance. This is our speed bump in life. Our resistance to comply and take everything at face value is a valuable time keeper. Our...

Downfall, decay and destruction. Who yearns for such a thing? Only those who understand the inevitability of endings and who know that...

If a country, town or village is not well thought out to serve its community, it will be constantly in discord. If a human does not take...

There are few things as sublime as the sense of belonging. Sometimes it is a family we are born into and sometimes our lives unfold to...

Trusting soul is a tall order. We know this instinctively. There is much about soul that is way beyond the precious kind of ideas we...

One can have a myriad of reasons and issues with issues upon reasons for hiding one's true nature and talents under a bushel. In fact all...

Fireweed got its name by being prolific after forest fires in the Pacific Northwest. It is opportunistic in that way. There is a way that...

It is no small gift to witness others in their struggles and their joys. We recall the drama of struggle more readily because pain sits...

Passion feeds upon obsessive thoughts and they can take over a person isolating them and drive them to drink and poor decisions. It is a...

Ideally wise advice pays in some way. It should secure a knowing in the advisor as well as the inquisitor; an exchange which enhances...

Healers are usually broken people who discovered a way of being in the world that is contrary to the norm. Wounded healers. Often their...

Music is a language that any being can enjoy and understand. We are moved by music universally. Even without being able to hear, music...

We all have individual ways of understanding things. Our thoughts are wrapped around expectations and our feelings about what we expect...

Empowered loving people do empowered loving things to and for each other. That's the way it works. How we do relationships with each...

...This powerful poem reminds me that we can and we must at times say no to the choices of others. We are divine, as is everyone, and...

Memento Mori is a reminder that death is not a fascinating idea with a fearful agenda. Death is a reality and an important part of our...

It is not such a stretch of the imagination to find personal omnipotence in our ability to butter a piece of bread. Consider the...

Who can hear the Buddha sing If that dog between your legs is barking? Hafiz here seems to be reflecting upon his role as a teacher. He...

From a creative thought to a creative thing...it takes time and we must linger with our ideas to value them. It is the process that...

All kinds of spiritual practices suggest a person get to know themselves in a new way. Perhaps a vision quest or learning to pray or a...