Yesterday, I was sitting at a red light behind a Toyota Camry with a bumper sticker proclaiming it was the Same Shit, Different Day. As the story goes, Sisyphus was a deceitful con man whose trickery angered the gods. As punishment, Sisyphus was condemned to roll a massive boulder up a steep hill, only for […]
“You deserve to be in environments that bring out the softness in you, not the survival in you.” ~Brene Brown 2024 brought me plenty of magic and goodness. I led a sold-out yoga retreat in an amazing resort in the jungles of Belize. I saw my Quarters for three separate long weekends. I joined […]
I was meditating but my brain was stuck in a loop. Oh, I Wasn’t Sad. I Just Needed a Holiday! Are you familiar with the Oh, I wasn’t sad reels on social media? The viral audio states, “Oh, I wasn’t sad. I just needed a . . .” and then Madonna’s “Holiday” ends the reel. […]
A few weeks before the election, I started to manic clean my home. As in, bought a steam mop clean. Organized every closet and cabinet clean. Climbed a ladder and wiped down the ceiling fan blades clean. As far as the election, I was feeling naively hopeful for humanity, but my animal body would never […]
My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it – all idealism is mendacity in the face of what is necessary – but love it. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche […]
Rivers do not drink their own water: trees do not eat their own fruit … Life is good when you are happy, but much better when others are happy because of you. ~ Pope Francis Last week, I wrote about how humans are designed for connection. The very day I published that piece, I […]
