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mercy’s humble gift….

lessons in gratitude We usually define gratitude as how we appreciate things. Yet, when my teacher Suzuki spoke of gratitude, he said, ‘Gratitude is this moment.’ Gratitude is not just appreciation; it...

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the hope of a free heart

The reward for love is closeness, a treasure that can’t be bought or stolen or achieved. It is a law of the living: care leads to intimacy. Often we discover our dearest friends when stopping to help...

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authentic kindness of earth angels

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner...

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to live for beauty

The aesthetic experience also comes from the encounter with others. Here, more than anywhere else, it is clear that the impression is deep and penetrating. The beauty of a person, his or her body or...

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fragmented mirrors

It is not to be learned by world-flight, running away from things, turning solitary and going apart from the world. Rather, one must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever he may...

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where rainbows hide

Here we are, human beings, living with the consequences of having been born. We are born into a mind/body/heart process by a psychological/biological/emotional survival instinct that is out of harmony...

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finding our tribe

Another place where I find soul, one of the strongest places is in the presence of other people whom I meet at soul level. It happens whenever a dialogue takes place in which both people are truly...

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through the lens of our finest hour

Everything is affected by and is part of everything else, changing constantly from one state to another. The rain becomes the river; the river surrenders to the sea and the cycle begins over again....

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giving our truth, the only truth we can know

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee....

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simple promises

It’s easy enough to see the Glory of The Trip when it’s a lovely dawn,A stunning sunset,A dog smiling,A tiny delicateBirdSingingThe dayAlive.What about the other stuff?99.9999% of the other stuffOf...

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