It feels like we are all living in cycles right now. For a long time, we do okay, we hold it together, keep calm, carry on. Then some little thing sets us off - maybe a birthday that we miss, or something at work that would have been avoided in simpler times. Maybe the weather. …
My baby sister turns 50 this year. I’ve always looked out for her, big-sistered her, cherished her. And this year, she turns 50 and I have to reluctantly admit to myself that she is no longer a baby. She has a job of responsibility, including a promotion – up two grades – that she earned …
I was reflecting this morning on how frightening the emptiness of change can leave you sometimes. When one of my nieces was two years old, I saw this in real time. She was an only child at that time, and her mother wasn’t working and her parents couldn’t afford to go out to dinner. So …
Sometimes it is easier to let go of panic if we think of others. I know that I am more grounded when someone else needs me; knowing that helps me hold it together through a crisis. Here is a simple meditation you can do to remember to care for others in a crisis: First, sit …
For 2020, I have but one wish: I wish that we could all just get along. It is too easy to blame others for what is wrong with our lives, our families, our jobs, our country, our world. I read an article last year, written by someone who had worked on the peace process in, …
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