Joy. Oneness. Survival. Dear Writer Friends, This third week of Advent, I am thinking about joy. I watched an Ode to Joy flash mob video as part of a class, Write into Light, led by Martha Beck a few years ago. It was an ...

I watched Ode to Joy flash mob video as part of a class led by Martha Beck, Write Into Light. It was an exercise guiding us to practice oneness. Initially, I repeated the mantra We are one, We are one, We are one until I became so swept away that th...

I come into the peace of wild thingswho do not tax their lives with forethoughtof grief. I come into the presence of still water.And I feel above me the day-blind starswaiting with their light. For a timeI rest in the grace of the world, and am free....

Our mind of love may be buried deep under many layers of forgetfulness and suffering. - Thich Nhat Hanh After several years of studying gratitude, and intentionally trying to be more grateful, I have come to understand gratitude as a path to ...