Sometimes it is a real challenge to meditate because I start thinking about what I am going to write when I finish meditating and, no matter how many times I bring my mind back to my breath, it gets excited and starts writing again. This morning, for example, I started well, focused on my breath. …
The other day I bought a homeless woman breakfast. I was heading to the (non-rainbow) bagel store for the obligatory dozen of NY bagels to bring as a hostess gift when visiting out of town family. I hadn’t seen this woman before and haven’t seen her since. She didn’t have a sign or ask for …
When I first started meditating on a regular basis, many years ago, I decided I should join a class, so I Googled it (ok, maybe not that many years ago), and found a free intro meditation class. I don’t remember much about the class – I think it was in a loft in Chelsea, we …
I was meditating this morning on forgiveness. Forgiving others, for all the actions and inactions that have caused me harm, that I have held onto throughout the years. And equally important, for the actions and inactions that I have taken that have caused myself harm, mentally, physically, emotionally – including holding onto harms resulting from …
A friend gave me some great feedback the other day. I was confiding about a work conversation that hadn’t gone at all the way that I wanted it to. “He asked this question and my mind blanked, I didn’t know what to say.” “So what did you do?” He asked. “I babbled,” I confessed. He …
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