Many people simply need somebody to spark a bit of hope, somebody to say, “Yes, you can do it. You’ve got what it takes.” Are you believing the best in your own children? Are you instilling the confidence in them that they need, telling them that they’re going to do great things in life? Are […]
Empathy isn’t just listening, it’s asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to. Empathy requires inquiry as much as imagination. Empathy requires knowing you know nothing. Empathy means acknowledging a horizon of context that extends perpetually beyond what you can see. Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams: Essays Lotus Flower Photo
Sometimes we just need to have faith that the Universe is doing things for us, not to us, and bravely step forward into the new and uncharted “next chapter” of our lives! Lotus Flower Credit
Robin Williams shared some powerful messages with us through his work. Let’s take them to heart. Lotus Flower Photo
We are a joyfully messy composite of attributes: good, bad, silly, serious, happy, sad…..the list is endless. No one person, bundles them up exactly the same way as the next. That is what makes us unique and priceless. Celebrate the ying and the yang that you bring to the world. We all have an irreplaceable […]
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What does your inner vocabulary say about you? Lotus Flower Photo
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“What if our religion was each other If our practice was our life If prayer, our words What if the temple was the Earth If forests were our church If holy water—the rivers, lakes, and ocean What if meditation was our relationships If the teacher was life If wisdom was self-knowledge If love was the […]
CLL. Three deadly letters of the alphabet that are stalking my family. My sister was diagnosed with CLL about 12-13 years ago. I have been wanting her to get a bone marrow transplant since she was first diagnosed, but Kaiser considers bone marrow transplants “experimental” and won’t cover the procedure. I am a firm believer […]