I believe we wouldn’t be here if we weren’t exactly what the world needs. Our world needs all of us working together for good. For our...

I believe that forgiveness is grace, and, that like everything else, it comes through us. As I see it, forgiveness is not an act of will....

I’m ok with an occasional rabbit hole—as long as I know I’m on my way in and also, can see the light above me and can haul myself back...

When our attention falls on something, our energy flows that direction and life follows. It is a great honor to see deeply into Nature...

In these days of swirling challenges—social justice, health, politics, environment, economy—affecting every human life and the very...

The word pandemic comes from the Greek, pan meaning ‘all’ and demos meaning ‘people’. This charms me: that the original word doesn’t have...

The idea that everything affects everything else has fascincated me since childhood. We moved from Michigan to a small island in the...

Where did the idea that I was supposed to be perfect come from? Somehow it made its way into my inner self when I was still quite young....

When I speak with people I am not surprised to find that many of us don’t like ourselves very much. That was certainly my experience of...

Who are we for each other? We’re born, we begin growing up. At some point we may wonder what we’re doing here and who all these other...

I was sitting with a friend yesterday gazing out at snow falling through the trees along the street. We were talking quietly, both...

One of the little black and yellow padmini bumblebee taxis pulled over to the curb on Marine Drive in Mumbai. The driver got out and...

Let’s look deeply into what it means to have a human life where we inhabit a body, a great gift, given for a brief season. We can rejoice...

The word compassion has been used in English since the 14th Century. It comes from the Latin, com- meaning ‘with’ and pati, ‘to suffer,...

I have a vision of a great pouring out showering down on us all from off in the heavens. Great streams of light . . . not surprising with...

I’m a water baby. We lived in Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan, but it turns out the ocean is my beloved. One of my finest early...

About four years ago I suddenly found myself paying attention to trees. I’ve always loved them. I have been a tree-hugger since...

As we drove north from Auckland into Maori country, Victoria asked me if I’d like to visit Tane Mahuta, the 2000+ year old kauri tree...