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In the Vortex: Confessions of an Internet Junkie
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Practice Staying with Pain: Run into It
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It Lights the Whole Sky
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What is Not There. What is.
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Goal Setting and the Case against Optimism
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The Danger of Virtuous Intentions
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Goodbye 2018: Failed Expectations, Pain and Joy
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Only the Mind is in Need of Healing
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Cleared Space: Eliminating the Unnecessary
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Out of Practice/Giving up Judgment
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Happy Anniversary Jay and Nancy
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Rhythm, Routines, Competing Priorities, Keeping My/Your Word and Success
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Let Me Remember*
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Off the Hook
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Magic Thoughts
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Love Letter to Michael Rowe
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A Story about Stories
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The Ear of Corn Saga
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Breadcrumbs to the No-Self
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Nothing to Fix
Practice Staying with Pain: Run into It
Run into it. That is the practice, learning to stay with the pain; learning to be present. That is the practice. Be with the discomfort without trying to escape. That is the practice. Run into it. Stay. It is, admittedly, one that I do “badly,” the same way most of us say we meditate badly […]
It Lights the Whole Sky
How easy it can be to slip into old habits that fail to serve my highest interests! This is the impetus behind writing daily, for without my daily practice, I can sucked into the quotidian drama of egoic life. Rather than trusting in whatever is happening, I slip into thinking it is mine to control. […]
What is Not There. What is.
It is, of course, the dance of solitude that pulls me. The longing of my heart wants only silence – a respite from the din of daily living, where people and things clamor for attention. In a moment of clarity, the epiphany settles upon me: it is freedom that I yearn for. Freedom from the […]
Goal Setting and the Case against Optimism
I am an optimist. It is one of my biggest faults. Oh, I know that sounds like one of those clever answers you concoct for a job interview, so that one of your greatest strengths sounds like a defect, but I am serious. Being optimistic can be fatal to my goals. I constantly under-estimate the […]
The Danger of Virtuous Intentions
It’s the New Year and New Year’s Day is the perfect depiction of how good intentions can have a corrupting influence. I’ve long thought it a little insane to go out on New Year’s Eve and party so hardy that you wake up already on the wrong side of accomplishing your goals. It’s the “I’m […]
Goodbye 2018: Failed Expectations, Pain and Joy
It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that the year is coming to an end. I feel like I have nothing to show for it, in part because my writing has been so sparse lately. I have managed to return to my “morning pages” habit – so I am at least […]
Only the Mind is in Need of Healing
It snowed last night. Nothing major. It was a mere inch or two that covered the trees and ground, but I am scheduled for duty at church for first service so staying in is not an option. But in truth, I just want to hunker down. Jay is still in bed and I’d forgotten how […]
Cleared Space: Eliminating the Unnecessary
These days, I am all about eliminating the unnecessary. I am no longer interested in living up to anyone else’s expectations. I am past the point of holding on to things because I “should.” I’m more interested in cleared space. I’m more interested in emptiness. I want peace not chaos. There are fewer and fewer […]
Out of Practice/Giving up Judgment
I am out of practice. I am here to own that. About a year ago, I was invited to speak with the teen group about my spiritual practice because mine was so strong I was considered a good role model, so it is a little shocking to me how lax I have become. I have […]