I’ve used the analogy of breathing before to illustrate that our body knows how to function on it’s own without interference. But a recent cut reminded me of how the body also knows how to heal itself. Without having to do anything more than use an anti-biotic to prevent infection, I watched a cut on – Read More –
Today, perhaps because it is a full moon, I have been deeply considering the concept of time. It seems to be part of the human condition to feel we have so much time to do things…follow our dreams, fall in love, have a family, etc. But really, none of the time we feel we have has been promised – Read More –
While reading What is Tao? by Alan Watts, I was struck by an analogy he made of Taoism/Life to the act of a cat falling from a tree. He makes the point that the cat essentially let’s go of itself . During the act of falling, “the cat becomes completely relaxed and lands lightly on the ground. – Read More –
Today is my sister’s birthday and I’m so happy/blessed/fortunate to be with her to celebrate this weekend! Though we live in different states and talk all of the time, nothing is quite like being able to hang out with her and laugh until we start crying haha (The fun is especially out of control when – Read More –
I have always loved this song from India.Arie. (In fact, for years it has been the wake-up song on my alarm clock!) As I read The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (which is truly excellent so far!) I am reminded that what we must do what we fear most….for that is what we were most – Read More –
These parts really stood out for me: “There cannot be winning without losing. Right and left…right and wrong…these opposites get tricky. But the point is people are afraid of the negative one…’Don’t be negative. The power of positive thinking.’ That’s all nonsense. The negative is the source of the positive. And the whole of our – Read More –
