How you stand in your loneliness is, ultimately, how you stand in life. To live in the world is to dance between two opposing truths: that you are a singularity, an essence separate from all else, utterly alone, while you are also, at the same time, a part of a great web of life. How do you stand in your loneliness?
Read MoreI have always loved the fall and the cool air of these past few mornings have hinted at its impending arrival. What is your favorite season? If that season were a metaphor for your life, what does it tell you about yourself and how you live?
Read MoreA letter to my future self arrived today reminding me to take time this labor day to honor the work I give out to the world and the home to which I return. Here's an excerpt: Time does not care about the speed at which you live. It offers itself in its entirety no matter how quickly you might try to escape what was, how firmly you might try to clamp down what is, or how vigorously you might try to capture what will be. Let your antsy mind run on its own track while your spirit follows the true rhythm of your life, which always supports your thriving.
Read MoreExcerpt from daily intent: "Each day a new line, a deepening, a crisscross, a connection, a new stroke on an untouched surface, writing and rewriting my health and happiness, my love and longing, my presence and possibilities into life." What are you etching onto your luminous body? "Stay away?" "Come in?" "Open for Business?"
Read MoreThis post is another entry in my letters to future self series, written in February to be read on August 15. It arrived at a fortuitous time, while attendng the Collective Intelligence program in Santa Cruz, as I discovered how I can make my dream of a Poetry World Tour come true. Reading it raised the question: how we can make our lives a harvest of love?
Read MoreWord the World in a way that brings you to life and life to you!
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