When we are children, balance is a playful game. It's a thrill to navigate along a wall or poise between two branches of a tree. It's an...

There's an old Zen saying I always loved, "Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." An...

Perhaps there were people who've made you feel small. People whose scorn, or sly looks, or not-quite-concealed smirks directed your way...

Sometimes it's just overwhelming. The enormity of what we long to be, in comparison to how little we believe ourselves to be. We build up...

At eight years of age, I was transported (the usual way--via station wagon) to a magical land called, "Valley of Enchantment." This...

'Tis the season... I've always loved December. (Partly, admittedly, because it's my birthday month). Oh how those breathtaking seasonal...

Tonight is music night, (yay!!) the eve on which we typically warm up the amps and rock the night away. So today I celebrate Music! Maya...

One of my biggest challenges in Bravery has been my lifelong quest to be my Self, fully and without apology. The rewards are obviously...

There's this snippet of a poem by William Wordsworth that floats around: Faith is a passionate intuition. It's slightly altered from the...

That is the question. To focus on or to withdraw attention from whatever situation is troubling us, whether it's connected to physical or...

Dictionary definition: "Manipulation is the skillful handling, controlling or using of something or someone. ... But this word also has...

I still remember once decades ago when my first husband had invited an old friend to stay with us. This friend was a nice enough fellow...

A while back I read a story of a lovely soul wandering up and down the beach, flinging starfish back into the sea. He recognized how they...