“The purpose of life is to increase the warm heart. Think of other people. Serve other people sincerely. No cheating …” His Holiness The Dalai Lama And I don’t think the Dalai Lama would object to our wonderful four-legged friends as well. They certainly know how to increase the warm heart and comfort a weary […]
“The trouble with superheroes is what to do between phone booths.” Ken Kesey We each have had our ups and downs. We have had our moments in the sun and, equally, our moments in the shadows. And the one the super power we all share? Compassion. May we all go forward with accepting […]
Lovingkindness meditation, known as “metta” meditation – and “metta” is a Pali word for “friend” — is a classic Buddhist practice of goodwill. This practice is said to bring many benefits of peacefulness and protection. This is a deceptively simple practice in which you begin the focus on yourself and later direct your attention to […]
Does this sound familiar? You know you’re hard on yourself; you frequently belittle and second-guess yourself. You didn’t do this right. You forgot to say that. You review prior conversations and practice future ones in your head. You see every gaffe, misstep, and wrong word as an unbearable breach. You sometimes embarrass yourself with an […]
When we pass over, we are welcomed by loved ones. We are also given the opportunity — in the presence of a guardian angel type — to review our life. I imagine the angel says something like, “Let’s roll the videotape” and every frame of our life unfolds before us. We each get to see where we acted […]
A small riff and a bit of a rant following a conversation with a client…. How can you be happy if you are never enough, not ok enough, good enough, successful enough, famous enough, good looking enough, rich enough, thin enough, pain free enough, firm enough, enough enough? How can you be happy if you […]
From the Healing Story Alliance, I bring you a bit light by way of a healing story by Lani Peterson (© 2014). It will warm your heart. “One Thursday morning at the Women’s Lunch Place, a soup kitchen/community center to support homeless women in downtown Boston, I was given this gift of a story in […]
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest non-profit, grassroots mental health education, support, and advocacy group has named May as Mental Health Month with the motto “Silent No More.” With this is mind, my next two posts take a look at mental health. Don’t we all want well-being? If we get the flu […]
Hello, lovies, it is Passover and Easter Week, followed by an astrological Grand Cross. In other words, the energies are percolating. We are going to be called to walk in our integrity, swim the deep waters of reflection and expanded consciousness, and proudly wear our open hearts. Are you ready? I think you have never […]
Everything is a lesson of compassion. - Adele Ryan McDowell
