“The wound is where the light enters you.” ~Rumi “I can’t do anything right. There’s something wrong with me.” My daughter said these words quietly, [...]

“Protest any labels that turn people into things. Words are important. If you want to care for something, you call it a ‘flower’; if you [...]

“Many of our relationship struggles are not character flaws but survival strategies that once made sense.” ~Unknown Throughout my life I’ve often been described as confident [...]

“Enough is a decision, not a condition.” ~Unknown The night sky above Disneyland shimmered in color as fireworks burst to life. My daughters leaned against [...]

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi On July 2, 2009, my life shattered with three words: “He is gone.” I [...]

“Healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.” ~Pema Chodron I [...]

“You are not responsible for other people’s emotional reactions.” ~Susan Forward This morning, in our usual rush and routine heading to school, my son was [...]

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” ~Buddha There are seasons when life feels stripped of [...]

“The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.” ~Arnold Schwarzenegger [...]

“You are not your thoughts. You are the observer of your thoughts.” ~Amit Ray I was in the middle of responding to my third “urgent” [...]