The Power Paradox
Life is made up of patterns. And one pattern kept appearing in scientific studies I've conducted over the past twenty years. It's...
Giving Up is Different From Letting Someone Down
This inner gesture of letting go from moment to moment is what is so terribly difficult for us; and it can be applied to almost any area...
Keeping Nothing Between
In a restaurant a little girl in the next booth turns to look at you. It is an open look, direct from her – to you. She...
How Is Your Heart Doing?
In many Muslim cultures, when you want to ask them how they’re doing, you ask: in Arabic, Kayf haal-ik? or, in Persian, Haal-e...
That Friend Walking Behind Me
Imagine that for many years a friend had been walking a block behind me, calling my name, trying to get my attention because he wanted to...
Planetary Beings with Planetary Hearts
The instinct to fit in and feel safe seems stronger – to maintain the status quo – to be as comfortable and insulated as...
Creative Living
This, I believe, is the central question upon which all creative living hinges: Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that...
Learning Not to Be Afraid of Things That Are Real
Recently I've been looking through a field guide on nature observation. The author, when he was a child, was trained by an old Native...
The Value of Solitude
Loneliness is not the absence of company, it is grief over that absence. The lost sheep is lonely; the shepherd is not lonely. But the...
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...
Pronounce a Silent Blessing
"It is forbidden to taste of the pleasures of this world without a blessing." --The Talmud I think that the best way to...
Renewability Makes Something Valuable
In the village, people used to build their houses out of traditional materials, using no iron or lumber or nails, but the houses...