“If you come to a fork in the road, take it.’”Yogi Berra Like the koans of Zen monks and the wit of Shakespeare’s jesters, we may never know if the sayings of this baseball legend are utter nonsense or utter wisdom. But the longer we stay with them, the...
The sun doesn’t stop shining because people are blind. It is a hard challenge to stay true to ourselves in the face of indifference. Rejection and opposition are painful, but being treated as if you don’t exist is quietly devastating. This soft puncture is...
“It’s hard to tell the truth, but once told, it’s hard to keep it back.” Sharon Green Whatever truth we feel compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a way of spiritually holding our breath. You can only do it...
I have only now realized that something endless has broken ground in me, and I have no choice but to live and love until it grows me like a tree. I met an old man at a gathering, and when everyone went on their way, he leaned into the hushed space between us and...
“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.” Agnes Repplier If forced to name them, the biggest obstacles to peace are ourselves and the world. Often en route to the truth of my soul, I get stuck in my self or lost in...
