You are always free in your thoughts
With every thought that comes your way, try out its opposite. Try to balance yourself.
Category: Happiness
Play a game
Many games evolved from wisdom schools and were often created as teaching tools for young initiates.
Hummingbird stillness
You’ve heard of a flock of geese, a murmur of swallows, a murder of crows… A group of hummingbirds can be called a charm, a bouquet, a hover, a shimmer, a tune, or a glitter of hummingbirds.
Why it all matters
9-15: Take a stand, whether it’s by singing, protesting, donating, writing poetry, knitting, drinking tea, or taking a nap.
The stillness of tea
Stillness 9-14-2020: It’s so interesting that tea has the double effect of making us feel calm and invigorated at the same time.
On strength and weakness
Stillness 9-12-2020: Our darndest weakness also can be our greatest strength.
Are you an empath?
9-11-2020: How to live a healthy, whole, and happy life as an empath.
Find a new way
9-9=2020: Most of us live the lives we’re living for good reasons. It’s not usually a new life we seek but a new way of looking at the one we have.
Trust your feet
How we place our feet on the ground reveals pretty much everything about how we relate to life.
Color of stillness
9-6-2020: From the beginning, the days of the week were connected to various planets, which were connected to a god or goddess, a metal, a crystal, a personality–and a color.
Make time for it
Here’s a way you’ll always find you have enough time to accomplish everything you have to, gracefully, lightly, cheerfully.
Finding a letter
Here’s a practice for you: Write a letter to your future self.
Say hello to happiness
9-1-2020: If you want to be happy, the first thing you need to do is accept a person as being who they are, not as you wish they were.
How to be an activist
8-31-2020: Stop the glorification of “busy.”
Make it a habit
8-28-2020: When I was young, we’d pile into our car like free-ranging puppies.
Speak the truth
I used to think that telling nice little lies was a good thing.
Wake up—open up
8-26-2020: That middle-of-the-night panic or waking-up-in-the-morning-with-dread may be related to an empowering sense of vulnerability.
Try a different way
8-25-2020: When you’re having a hard time getting along with someone, what do you do? Attack, or growl, or feel hurt, or smile, snarl, try to talk about it, see a therapist, or walk away?
What will happen now?
The art of divination has been a part of human experience from our earliest beginnings.
Keep pouring out
8-23-2020: In order to keep pouring ourselves into the world, we need replenishment and moisture. We need to infuse ourselves with rest, joy, appreciation.
What does it mean?
8-21-2020: One of the best ways to practice balance of intuition and intelligence is to become more neutral about both.
Imagine you’re a ribbon
I like to imagine the person before me as a present. Try it. What we see are lovely ribbons. It’s rare that any of us reveal the present that is inside, at least not right away. Our task is to untie the ribbon that wraps them and somewhat disguises them. It’s the untying of the ribbon that is as delightful as unwrapping and admiring the gift itself.