“The spiritual life is about becoming more at home in your own skin.” Parker J. Palmer Anything that removes what grows between our hearts and the day is spiritual. It might be the look of a loved one stirring their coffee as morning light surprises their groggy eyes....
How many ways can a statute dream of living? Every time I reach for you, we begin. We begin.. The line between the living and watching is very thin. A moment’s rest or pause for reflection can spread into a thickness of hesitation, and the next thing we know,...
In keeping the center of the I empty, the miracle of life can enter and heal. It’s not by chance that the dark center of the human eye, the pupil, is actually an empty hole through which the world becomes known to us. Likewise, in a spiritual sense, the I is the empty...
“The whole world could praise Sung Jung-Tzu and it wouldn’t make him exert himself. The whole world could condemn him and it wouldn’t make him mope. He drew a clear line between the internal and external.” Chuang Tzu These words were spoken by Chuang Tzu in the...
“When was the last time you sang?” Question put to the sick by a Native American Medicine Man I was lying flat on a stretcher in a large hospital room after one of my surgeries. I had just been wheeled in, rejoining four others all mending in one open room. There was...
