I have a young granddaughter who loves to swing. My son keeps a swing set well maintained in their backyard for her. Often, when...

An invitation to be oneself. The authentic self. The self that others rarely see this side of a cocktail; the self that we keep under...

I was once told, "Everything has a mouth. Everything must be fed a type of energy whether it is food or it is our precious focus." Worry...

The subject of healing can be a journey across a field of semantic landmines. When I was younger and learning about the language of...

Self respect, "...a simple matter of etiquette," says Hafiz. There was a time when people wore hats and there were entire protocols...

There is nothing easy about being a human being when it comes to relationships. So much can depend upon the weather one brings to it. We...

Were do we go when we sleep? What final, little wisp of thought opens the portal allowing the vehicle of our slumber to drive us there?...

The most difficult time to accept love is when we feel unlovable yet it is the most potent time to receive it. This is a powerful secret...

Our sorrows can run deep. Those of us who recognize the same mother can comfort each other in these sad places because we were born in a...

There is a source like a great river that sustains us all in individual ways. At some juncture our ideas and identities - our brilliance...

When we converse, we can find ourselves in a hall of mirrors if the subject be tender and thorny. Perhaps it reaches deep within us to...

It is, perhaps, to the benefit of our survival that we do not grasp our duality and its constructs until we are older so we can be...

The sun looks small and inconsequential from where we sit. It is easy to think that this is a quiet, benevolent force in our lives. But...

In this episode we are on to the second chapter of The Gift by Hafiz. I read this first poem and I'm reminded of Kurt Cobain's lyric from...

As if life were a game of tag, at some point we are going to be pursued, touched and by the rules of the game; the running must stop....

I have never felt alone though I have often been lonely. This loneliness is true especially since I retired and left behind my friends...

Karma is not punitive. Embracing consequence is the medicine that brings that balance. So why do we disempower ourselves from living...

When I was first introduced to connecting with people online in 2002, social media was in its infancy. It was a zygote, really. There had...

People are energetic beings and when like energies gather they are exponentially more powerful in their focus. If we hunt for something...

Cupid and Psyche, by Antonio Canova, Paris, Musée du Louvre Passion. What pulls us onward into intimate relationship with the world we...