I reach toward you
when i reach and touch the sky –
Read MoreI fell into you
i fell into you
rounding the corner
at sedgwick
Attention to all
attention to all
you red-line screamers
nonsense, madness dealers
stale pot-smoke steamers
last-minute test cheaters
nasty-ass grabby feelers
personal space stealers
To Love a Life Not by Comparison
I’ve never really loved the 4th of July. Not because of the holiday that falls on it, but because of the expectation surrounding it. I think my most significant realization is that true “independence” comes with bouts of loneliness. And if this day is meant to celebrate independence, maybe I shouldn’t rely on others to celebrate it.
Read MoreDaily Intention
I would love to say that I have all the time in the world to dedicate to my practices, yet the truth is I am just as “crazy busy” as everyone else. So, for efficiency, I clarified and combined a couple of my practices into a single personal-intention mantra (a spiritual self-help remix of sorts). I hope it is useful as-is or helpful as the building blocks for your practice.
Read MoreLove and Let Go
My parents have been going through a bunch of health difficulties over the past few years. I guess that’s par for the course as we collectively get older, yet rational thinking doesn’t make it any easier for my emotional self. At times I feel like I’m handling everything pretty sanely (only focused on what I personally can control about the situation), while others I feel like I’m compartmentalizing and just avoiding dealing with things altogether.
Read MoreLearning to Let Go
Imagine your body is a river, flowing with energy instead of water. Just like a river, that may carry tree limbs and debris to the ocean, your body's river carries emotions and experiences through it. It eventually sends them back out into the universe.
Read MoreOur Broadcast Signals
Our emotions are a broadcast signal to the universe. This signal reverberates through others, creating a reaction in them. Then, in a chain reaction, that person affects the next person, and the next person, and so on. With every moment we focus on fear, we move one bit closer to that fear. Our worries become a magnet, and we inspire and attract other people, places, and things that reinforce them.
Read MoreEnergy Uplift
We as humans focus so much on our language and verbal communication that we forget that our non-verbal cues communicate just as much as our words. I, in fact, know there have been many times that I have been saying all of the right things, but not embodying the right spirit when speaking them. My mouth was saying one thing, but my face or posture was saying something else.
Read MoreA Genesis Story
At 40-years-old, I wanted to run away. Because I thought all of it was the problem – not me. And you know what I found? The truth. That when left to myself, I didn’t like the person I was with. All the issues I thought other people, places, and things were causing in my life started with me – and I needed to fix them. To do that I needed to remember who I was.
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