What a devastating and defeating predicament! Our sense of value, worthiness, possibilities and affection is to come from a place so thoroughly designed to fail and disappoint us... There is a whole universe within each and every one of us and It is there that we recover our innocence, forgive all the ways and manners we have acquired in order to protect ourselves.
Read MoreWhenever urged to strive and belong, even by intentions born in love… Instincts would tremble, rooted in fear asking us no less but to abandon our greatness.
Read MoreFear has plagued most of my life because I was raised on it as much as I was raised on the morning toast covered with jelly, every day before school. Both were served by a loving parent desperate to protect me...
Read MoreThis moment in time has brought to the surface all the gaping wounds of our world, our society and our neighborhoods. Some have been waiting to be tended to so long, our communities, cities and villages are shaking from pain in blisters…
Read MoreThis break, this life-as-we-knew-it shut down, feels more like a reset than a pause. The opportunity we are given to deeply reflect and adjust is a big chance for us to shift everything to a brand new direction. But this ship we have built and molded to life we knew is a heavy and powerful piece of machinery. Stirring it will take an incredible load of collective will and more than one holy intervention.
Read MoreThis truly is a collective down, but as all other downs it reminds us what an up looks like. For reasons that are beyond my understanding, we are unable to employ a a sense of gratitude and empathy profound enough for our collective and individual survival, unless every now and then we experience a profound loss.
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