Returning to Love

The truth is, love is all around us. We are made of love. We return to love. There is nothing but love. That’s what all the wisest sages, saints, yogis, and dogs say. Love is the fiber of our Universe. “It’s the cause and effect of all things”, as Rumi would say. But...

Hardening Off

We’re in the full, firm grip of winter. She has us by her icy nails. There’s no wiggling out ’til spring. And maybe that’s ok. I’ve lived in Minnesota most of my life. I grew up here. I haven’t yet adjusted to the winters. I’m not sure I ever will. I have however,...

The Giveaway

Giving opens us. Giving clears us out for new delights. It creates a vacuum. The Universe abhors a vacuum. It will rush to fill it. When we give from the deepest place, the place that knows there is never any risk of loosing what is essential, we know freedom. When...

Birthday Web

I always do something special for my birthday. It’s a special time. It’s my personal new year, a time to reflect on what has passed this year, and plan for the next year. My birthday happens to be at the beginning of fall. This time of year also feels like...

The Wounded Healer

Your wound is your medicine. Whatever you keep hidden, whatever you hope they never see, that is what makes you most lovable. The dark parts, the parts you are trying to ‘fix’ are the ones that need the most tender sunlight shone upon them. I see this all the time in...