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How I Let Wonder, Beauty, Sweetness, and Love into My Heart and How I Broke it Open
One day I was seeing my too-pretty-for-her-own-good acupuncturist and talking (for the millionth time) about how truly messed up the world is. I didn’t have to provide proof. There is plenty. I don’t have to tell you. I was saying that my particular life was sweet and safe and fulfilling but that I couldn’t really…
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Life Appreciation 101–Never Too Late To Throw Kisses at Strangers
I have recently become aware of how I have been a bit of a Debbie Downer, all my many years, when it comes to Life Appreciation–even when my particular life has been sort of calamity-free ever since I made it out alive from my family of origin. It has been even better than calamity-free, really,…
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A Love Letter to You and Your Rainforest Mind
Dear One. Yes, you. With that dazzlingly intense rainforest mind. You have so much Courage. To be here, on this planet, during such tumultuous times. To stay sensitive, empathetic, and compassionate. To perceive and feel the human layers of suffering, despair, rage, fear, and sorrow. To stay open to your deepest emotions. To speak out…