The Opportunity Aging Offers
One of the best parts of aging is entering the "don't know," learning to be someone who can rest comfortably in uncertainty. There are as...
Growth Only Comes When You Transform
Ultimately, the only way to be fulfilled is to constantly grow and to contribute in a meaningful way to other people, to the world. And...
Letting Go Of The Glory
There is something magical that happens to the human spirit, a sense of calm that comes over you, when you cease needing all the...
Painting the Inner Sistine Chapel
Just as we need scaffolding to build a building, just as scaffolding was needed for Michelangelo and his apprentices to paint the frescos...
Beyond the Wall of Knowledge
An intelligent mind realizes its own limitation, and it’s a beautiful thing when it does. When you stop holding on to all of the...
The Gentle Art of Blessing
On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth, for to bless is to acknowledge...
The Secret To Surfing the Waves
What we need is to be interested and to watch, but not interfere or be caught up in what we are thinking. Don't think of the past, don't...
Ten Rules For Being Human
Rule One: You will receive a body. You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the duration of your life on Earth. Rule Two:...
Releasing Your Specifications
When you depend entirely upon the ability of your personality to determine what is best for you, you may stand in the way of a richness...
Stillness Speaks
Silence is helpful, but you don't need it in order to find stillness. Even when there is noise, you can be aware of the stillness...
Counting On Our Ultimate Concern
The offering of one's heart happens in stages, with shadings of hesitation and bursts of freedom. Faith evolves from the first...
Who Was That Masked Man Anyway?
Humility is founded on creatureliness -- I have been created to do something that only I can do, just as you have been created to...