Reading Archives (Author)
For the Traveler
Every time you leave home, Another road takes you Into a world you were never in. New strangers on other paths await. New...
Rediscovering the Art of Reverence
What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures...
Kindness: The First Gift
There is a kindness that dwells deep down in things; it presides everywhere, often in the places we least expect. The world can be harsh...
The Most Subversive Invitation
Humans have an uncanny ability to domesticate everything they touch. Eventually, even the strangest things become absorbed into the...
For an Addict
On its way through the innocent night the moth is ambushed by the light, becomes glued to a window where a candle burns its...
A Blessing for One Who is Exhausted
When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic, Time takes on the strain until it breaks; Then all the unattended stress falls in On the...
The Mystery Never Leaves You Alone
It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the silence of...
A Blessing for One Who is Exhausted
When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic, Time takes on the strain until it breaks; Then all the unattended stress falls in On the...
Beyond Endings
Endings seem to lie in wait. Absorbed in our experience we forget that an ending might be approaching. Consequently, when the ending...
Receiving Each Day as an Invitation
Each new day is a path of wonder, a different invitation. Days are where our lives gradually become visible. Often it seems that we have...
The Integrity of True Beauty
Thought is an amazing thing: it can be a mirror, a lens, a bridge, a wall, a window, a ladder or a house. There is nothing in the world...
From Sincerity to Authenticity
One of the most vulnerable living forms in creation is human. At this moment, there are people in a doctor's office getting news that...