This morning I read a remarkable perspective of how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ended the terror of living as a black person in the United States. The article discusses how he taught the black community to face their worst fears and, as a community, accept abuse with a non-violent reaction. In the ways of Gandhi, Dr. King – Read More –
2014
January 19, 2014
HUMILITY AND FREEDOM
January 15, 2014
PRAY AND PRACTICE
The Buddha taught: “If you are standing on one shore and want to cross over to the other shore, you have to use a boat or swim across. You cannot just pray, ‘Oh, other shore, please come over here for me to step across!’” To a Buddhist, praying without also practicing is not real prayer. – Read More –
January 12, 2014
CELEBRATE LIFE
Today I had the privilege and pleasure to interview some remarkable and truly impressive future students for my alma mater (Northwestern University). I was floored by these amazing students and the contributions they are already making to the world! And I could not stop myself from injecting “sage advice” into the discussions ;) I encouraged – Read More –
January 10, 2014
DEALING WITH LOSS
After going to sleep a bit too early, I was up at 3am this morning browsing the internet…in yet another hotel room (oh the travel life!). Around 4am, I was guided to this Byron Katie video of a mother trying to Work through the loss of her daughter. For a moment, I thought it might – Read More –
January 5, 2014
EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING FOR YOUR HIGHEST GOOD
Sometimes it can be hard to believe that everything is happening for your highest good. It is easy to categorize some things as ‘wins’…and others as ‘losses’. We make judgements about ourselves and determine if we made a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ decision. We reflect on injustices that have occurred in our lives and wonder, “Why – Read More –
January 4, 2014
MINDFULNESS HEALS
Before leaving for the gym today, I decided to grab my Jan 2014 copy of Prevention magazine on impulse. [I’m not so good at reading all of the magazines I subscribe to…I’m resolving to go through ‘the pile’ and give away issues after I read them! haha…but I’m really glad I grabbed this one today.] I read – Read More –