On Pentecost the real miraclewas not the momentary wonderof people speaking languagesthey hadn't been taught,but the lasting miracleof people making connectionsdespite all their separations,discovering how they were alikedespite apparent differences,knowing...
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are...
To worry is to go into the future alone, mentally painting a stark scene that, in fact, probably will never happen. And if it did, it wouldn’t be like you imagine. And if it were to be just like you imagine, you would not be alone. Breathe. Rest. Trust. It’s going to...
It's okay to grieve and hope at the same time.It's okay to exhale all of your loss and sadness and pain and feel an aching emptiness words cannot express.And it's okay, in the very next breath, to inhale joy and expectation and assurance with all the strength you...
If you think you are one way but everyone thinks you are another, perhaps it’s time to look in the mirror. Take a deep breath and consider how you might need to change or approach others. The entire world is not out to get you. It’s ok to grow. We get the chance to...
Spiritual practice is not just sitting and meditating. Practice is looking, thinking, touching, drinking, eating, and talking. Every act, every breath, and every step can be practice and can help us to become more ourselves.
People who know they will die live very carefully. Not careful as in fearful; careful as in full of care. Every word, every act, every relationship holds the possibility of giving birth to something filled with great care. And that thing need not be showy or dramatic,...
Our most common link is that we all inhabit this planet, breathe the same air, cherish our children, and we are all mortal.
I believe deliverance begins with questions. It begins with people who love questions, people who live with questions and by questions, people who feel a deep joy when good questions are asked. When we meet these people--some living through history and art--things...
You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. …And you refuse to do it because you want to live longer… You’re afraid that you...