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THOUGHTS ON BEAUTY In the story of Rapunzel, we are given a portrait of the young woman, taken to an […]

When we observe infants and small children, we may notice their efforts to learn to crawl, to walk to talk, […]

Two striking issues in our time are a pervasive loneliness and an absence of solitude. Both of these tend to […]

The core conviction to which I return again and again is the underlying, unerasable sacred worth or value of the […]

Lately, I have been thinking of gratitude and how important it is. Two memories come to mind immediately. One is […]

“There is a place in us where we have never been wounded.” These words of Meister Eckhart really resonate with […]

I recently listened to a podcast interview with Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, conducted by Mel Robbins. His area of study is […]

A FEW THOUGHTS ON MEMORY I think that memory is not just a recalling of some past event. It is […]

Today’s theme is on transitions in life, and the summer is itself a time of transition. It is an invitation […]

Last week, I referred to the story of Pandora as an expression of how life contains both joy and sorrow, both bitter […]

Last week, I spoke of our inner core, our heart, not only as our sacred centre, but also as a […]

Last week I spoke of our need for beauty, in nature, in works of art, in persons, and how it […]

Last week I spoke of listening to and from our own heart, our sacred core. The process of tuning in […]

Last week I spoke of listening to ourselves and others. This is a listening to and from the sacred core […]

I have repeatedly stressed the importance of recognizing and trying to experience deeply the sacred worth of ourselves, extending progressively […]

I spoke last week of life as a process of endings and beginnings. These can take many forms. Every day, […]

Last week I spoke of an inner sacred core that is deeper than all wrongness, even if that core is […]

Last week, I quoted Wayne Muller’s as saying that we must be careful how we name ourselves. That naming will […]

Last week I spoke about living from the inside out. This is the journey inward, to be in touch with […]

Last week I spoke of trusting the unfolding process of life from within ourselves. With the help of others, as […]

To continue the reflections of the last few weeks. I would like to recall an expression that has resonated with […]

This week’s reflection is presented by friend, colleague, and co-author, Jane Ripley. It is a followup to the last few […]

Last week, I suggested that our true home is the place of our authentic personal voice. This is the voice […]

Last week, I spoke of our inner journey as a journey home, a journey to the core of our being. […]

Last week, I suggested that at the very core of our being, there is an aching longing. This is a […]

The Healing and Challenging Power of Beauty I have spoken recently of winter as a time of slowing down and […]

I have spoken recently of winter as a time of slowing down, resting, doing things we enjoy for their own […]

Last week, I spoke of wintering as a time of slowing down, resting, doing things we enjoy for their own […]

Last week we talked of the need for solitude, quiet time by oneself, in which we approach ourselves with kindness […]

In the last reflection, I suggested that our worth cannot be lost only if it is inseparable from who we […]

I have often spoken of the importance of recognizing our identity and sacred worth as present from the beginning, as […]

  May all our sorrows gradually stretch our heart to be more fully open and compassionate. May we experience a […]

Last week, I spoke of trust: trust in the process of unfolding life within ourselves, trust in an intelligently caring […]

I have spoken of kindness, friendship, and love as involving an openness and vulnerability. We open our heart, our core, […]

Last week, we spoke of kindness as an essential quality of a fulfilling life, beginning with kindness to ourselves and […]

I was very struck lately by Susan Cain’s observation that Darwin has been readily misinterpreted. She notes that perhaps his […]

Last week, using the image of tears, we suggested that there is a place within us that is deeper than […]

In the last while, we have spoken of the difference between life scripts we inherit from without and our true […]

Last week we mentioned the importance of discovering what we have called a true story–a true image of who we […]

Last week, we spoke of imagination as a gateway to freedom. Imagination does so by opening up alternatives, new possibilities, in […]

Many years ago, when my children were small, I came across a bookmark that really resonated with me. It was […]

We have spoken lately of the inseparable joy and sorrow, fear and love, labour and rest, darkness and light that […]

Along with Leonard Cohen, one of my favourite singers has been Louis Armstrong. In the past few days, I listened […]

Last week we mentioned that our life includes both joys and sorrows, winters and springs, darkness and light, storms and […]

Last week we referred to the stories, The Wizard of Oz and The Secret Garden. The first story especially illustrates […]

Last week, we mentioned the story, The Wizard of Oz. It illustrates how the longing for understanding (scarecrow), love (tin […]

Last week’s reflection spoke of listening gently to our own feelings. Even our difficult feelings, such as anger, indicate that […]

Last week we spoke of listening both to oneself and to one another. And of listening from the core or […]

Last week, we spoke of the eyes through which we look at life, where we see from and how we […]

THOUGHTS ON BEAUTY In the story of Rapunzel, we are given a portrait of the young woman, taken to an […]

When we observe infants and small children, we may notice their efforts to learn to crawl, to walk to talk, […]

Two striking issues in our time are a pervasive loneliness and an absence of solitude. Both of these tend to […]

The core conviction to which I return again and again is the underlying, unerasable sacred worth or value of the […]

Lately, I have been thinking of gratitude and how important it is. Two memories come to mind immediately. One is […]

Today’s theme is on transitions in life, and the summer is itself a time of transition. It is an invitation […]

Last week, I referred to the story of Pandora as an expression of how life contains both joy and sorrow, both bitter […]

Last week, I spoke of our inner core, our heart, not only as our sacred centre, but also as a […]

Last week I spoke of our need for beauty, in nature, in works of art, in persons, and how it […]

Last week I spoke of listening to and from our own heart, our sacred core. The process of tuning in […]