Religious

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself… You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow…” ~Kahlil Gibran Now that […]

“If you don’t love yourself, you’ll always be looking for someone else to fill the void inside you, but no one will ever be able to do it.” ~Lori Deschene Two years ago, I sat in my basement with tears streaming down my face. I had just found a copy of an old letter I’d

“Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.” ~Rob Lowe I tried and failed to have a fabulous relationship with alcohol for many years. When my children were tiny I drank far more than was good for me, thinking I was relaxing, unwinding, socializing, and having fun. I’d seen my life shrink down from

“It’s true: people can change. People can learn, grow, and surprise us. But if someone does the same thing, over and over again—if they keep hurting, disrespecting, or disappointing you—it’s time to accept the way things are and ask yourself if you can really live with this. You can’t make someone change their pattern if

“Minimalism isn’t about removing the things you love. It’s about removing the things that distract you from the things you love.” ~Joshua Becker Over the recent few years of being a digital nomad, I got a chance to live in Spain, Sri Lanka, Mexico, and Canada for a month or longer. As I didn’t have

“I love when people that have been through hell walk out of the flames carrying buckets of water for those still consumed by the fire.” ~Stephanie Sparkles I have a tattoo on my back of Charles Bukowski’s quote “What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.” It spoke to me as I had been

“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.” ~Howard Zinn  Have you ever experienced an unexpected act of kindness that completely changed your day? I have, and I sincerely hope you have too. Please pause for a moment and try to remember the last time that happened. How were you feeling before? What happened? And how did the

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” ~Lao Tzu While this Lao Tzu quote may sound familiar, I recently learned there is a second portion of that quote that often gets omitted. “When the student is truly ready…the teacher will disappear.” The first part of this quote was a healing anchor for me

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh When I was fifteen years old, my dad abandoned my mother, younger sister, and me after a bankruptcy.

“Whatever you’re feeling, it will eventually pass.”  ~Lori Deschene Can you feel an intense emotion, like anger, without acting on it, reacting to it, or trying to get rid of it? Can you feel such an intense emotion without needing to justify or explain it—or needing to find someone or something to blame it on?