You know that old saying, If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? 2011 was a year for me where pretty much everything broke. And it’s yielded some incredible opportunities for fixing in 2012! Sometimes, as the adage advises, things just need to completely fall apart before they get our attention. And when they’re completely, utterly broken, the fixing process can … Read More
Winter Confession
By Mark Nepo I’ve tried to follow every wind and listen for its source. I’ve tried to follow every light, and with my face in the sun, all the things we carry that are afraid of the light scurry to the back of my mind. I’ve tried to find the truth and when I have, I’ve found it’s everywhere, and … Read More
I want my eggs
I want my eggs soft and in between destinies the yolk undecided the white a nimbus of coagulated light haloing its small yellow sun as I have lived trained to the perimeter of what is most alive in me, accomplice to and bearer of its diminishing light.
And a few more F-words for good measure!
Hello and happy Friday! I hope you have at least as many words on the page today as I have crumpled tissues littering the various surfaces of my home. January has kicked off over here with a very devoted strain of bronchitis, accompanied by a surprising and potent smattering of f-words! The one at the top of my most popular … Read More
2012: Year of the Mother F#@%*er and other unprecedented intentions
Happy New Year, writers! I’ve been so enjoying the potential of the great, blank page of 2012 that I haven’t been able to bring myself to mar it with a single word. At least, that’s what I was telling myself until my dear friend gave me this mug today: When I held it in my hands and had a good, … Read More
God Says Yes To Me
By Kaylin Haught I asked God if it was okay to be melodramatic and she said yes I asked her if it was okay to be short and she said it sure is I asked her if I could wear nail polish or not wear nail polish and she said honey she calls me that sometimes she said you can … Read More
Snow, Aldo
By Kate DiCamillo Once, I was in New York, in Central Park, and I saw an old man in a black overcoat walking a black dog. This was springtime and the trees were still bare and the sky was gray and low and it began, suddenly, to snow: big fat flakes that twirled and landed on the black of the … Read More
Consciousness is next to godliness
As far as I can tell, intention is the most powerful and mysterious kind of treasure map there is. Over the years, I have trained myself to dream big, intend wildly, and let the failures and successes fall where they may. In the coming week, I am going to invite you to join me in a process for setting intentions … Read More
Sweet Darkness
— David Whyte When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. There you can be sure you are not beyond love. The dark will be your womb tonight. The night … Read More
The Practice of Gratitude
My son approached me with his small red car, plopped himself in my lap, and proclaimed as he zoomed the car up and down my thigh, “Mommy, I’m so happy that you’re so happy that I’m so happy with my Lightning McQueen.” Three days after initiating a simple bedtime gratitude practice (where we each name three things that made us … Read More