“I ended up working to get better living conditions for undocumented migrants. If I would share some of what I learned from those people, I would share the choices they made during their most trying times — how they chose to never give up; how they chose to continue to care. I would share about […]
There are times when life seems so dark that we don’t think our tiny light will make a difference … Especially in those times, shine your light anyway. There are times when others seem so mean or cold or evil that we don’t think our tiny spark of warmth will bring forth any worthwhile […]
Gratitude builds a bridge between tragedy & blessing … Your next act, if Kind, is the crossing of that bridge.
I was recently asked about the fears I might be experiencing, living as a Peace Pilgrim … Basically, there are the fears that others think I “must be having” and there are the fears I actually have. It is important to understand that the former, while inaccurate for me, are self-reflectively accurate for those doing […]
“Spiritual freedom is not something you can earn or develop or attain … Spiritual freedom — and the sheer, unbridled Joy that always accompanies it — is innate; an inherent part of who we truly are; from our first instant of awareness unless our last conscious breath. This freedom is not affected by any condition […]
This is indeed a big & beautiful world we live in — that all of us live in; together — as one big Beauty-full sentient Family; together — as one global community; together — as ONE … And even though we may not be able to do much about what is happening to our cousins […]
Morning light — like our selfless LOVE — is incredibly generous, and yet also incredibly gentle. When you attend to the way the dawn comes, you learn how the genius of this particular light — like the power of this pure LOVE — softly coaxes away the darkness. Every morning, the first finger of light […]
We are not here to slowly “get better” or to steadily “grow as a person” or to gradually “attain enlightenment” … We are Here — especially in those times when we are too tired or too sick or too busy or too scared or too angry or too sad — to LOVE. In the moments […]
Yesterday, my supervisor and I had an interesting discussion. It seems he took a bit of an exception to the small acts of Kindness that I was doing for others at work. It wasn’t anything big or saintly I was doing — just refilling the espresso machine with coffee beans & cleaning up after others […]
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