I am worth the time it takes to create...
This classic piece by Jan Phillips has given courage to many, many people. So many of us hold back from creating, making things,...


Wash Your Mind!
Sometimes we simply cannot get out of our own way and see things as they really are. Just as they are in and of themselves, without an...


Advice for Sitting With a Friend in Pain
When you sit with a friend in pain, when their world no longer makes sense; when confusion rages and no rest is to be found. Just...
slow, deep, quiet, and even
We cannot always will ourselves to be calm and centered when under stress, but we can will our breath to change. When our breath...


You Are Not Alone...
EVERYTHING IS WAITING FOR YOU (After Derek Mahon) Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a...


Filling in the Gaps
This scene from "The Help" is one of the most potent images of nurturance that I have ever seen on film. Here Aibileen, the "help" is...
What Defines You?
What defines you? The way you look, how you feel, what you believe? Sometimes we need to be a good bit bigger than than the story we...
Words to Live By
Words are powerful. Just notice how the words on this piece of art by Reverend Bemjamin Perkins dance inside you. Sometimes words can be...


You're Grounded!
It is the man throwing away his shoes as if to enter heaven and finding himself astonished, opened at last, fallen in love with solid...


Together Alone?
Not too long ago, we were at a family gathering with relatives we hadn't seen for awhile. I was so excited to see everyone; it had been...

























