I’ve finally learned what it means to love the clouds and the storms as much as the sunshine – and it hasn’t been as easy as that simple sentence makes it sound. Love isn’t easy, until it is. It takes work, until it doesn’t. This is something that takes time to understand. It took me […]
Words are so much more than mere symbols, and they’re so much stronger than the simplicity of speaking suggests. Words are sacred vessels that carry the soul of whomever speaks them; they’re precious ewers that hold energy, feeling, and intent. A collection of words is like a pantheon of gods – each one ethereal, immortal, […]
My kind of spirituality is the kind that needs no name. It respects no rules and fits no form. It’s as unique as an evening star, and fluid as the morning mists. My kind of spirituality doesn’t come from the pages of a book, but rises up from the depths of my soul. My sacred […]
The spirit of the forest speaks in her own special language – a language that the natural world is fluent in, but that many humans seem to have forgotten. In this unique tongue, she whispers a secret that’s so powerful it guides all the creatures of the earth as they turn along the great cycle […]
The solution to all that ails the world today has always been love. The solution is love, because only through the eyes of love can we see the beauty latent in ugliness and only by the fires of love can we offer warmth in the coldness. The solution is love because only in love are […]
I know how it feels to look at the world and see it struggle, and I understand what it means to touch the earth and feel her pain. I too have trembled at the sight of the weapons and wars, the hunger, the hurt, the fear, and the frenzy. I know what it’s like to […]
Every living thing – people and plants, stars and streams alike – has a unique voice. This unique voice allows them to express the essence of who they are, what they know, and how they feel. With it they can sing out loud the song of their distinctive soul. Everything speaks – the flowers speak […]
To those who would call me strange, I say that I would rather be your kind of strange than mine because, to me, strange is denying the truth of our nature. To me, strange is ignoring the pull of the moon’s tides in our veins simply because we can’t yet measure its influence. Strange is […]
We are natural-born creators, the architects of our lives and the sculptors of our shared reality. We’re born into this realm with a personal toolkit that allows us to alter our world from the inside out. In this toolkit we have a physical body that can build, a mind with which to invent, and a […]
In a deep and untamed forest, there is both tranquil silence and the roaring sound of life. Which one you notice depends entirely upon where you are coming from. If you wander into the forest after a commute in rush hour traffic, the first thing you probably notice is the deep, soothing quiet. But, if […]
New Year’s eve is upon us. In many ways, it’s a day like any other. It is another stitch in the fabric of our lives. What makes today so significant isn’t that number on the calendar. It’s the way that it makes us stop and think, the way it reminds us to look up from […]
This day – this very moment, in fact – is a still, deep body of water that stretches out before us. It’s an endless expanse of potential within which a single splash could ripple forever outwards, touching countless lives as it travels. Yesterday and tomorrow are nothing more than reflections across the surface of this water. […]
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