vision and practice for transformative social change
1. I know it like I know the shape of my face in the mirror. I can tell when something changes in it. When there is a new wrinkle. An […]
Original article appeared in The Elephant Journal (January 23, 2012), written by Sarah Simmons. It’s important to give attention to the quality of people that we choose to spend our time with. […]
There are 40 lessons here about loss and learning how to move on, let go, and keep living. Something we eventually all have to learn how to do without attachment […]
It is time to say goodbye. She died on the side of the freeway 100 feet from the entrance to the Caldecott tunnel. On December 30, 2011. She made it […]
1. I think I know the moment when I learned what love is. I was 22 years old. I was on my third or fourth date with the woman who […]
Once I was on a dating website. It was one of those ones that asks you a million questions and uses a complex algorithm to find matches. Better living through […]
The police had declared Monday, November 14th of 2011 as the day of the raid on the Occupy Oakland encampment. It was the first Occupy site to call for a […]
I went to sleep last night at 10:00pm. The last thing I thought of before I closed my eyes was my girlfriend. My ex-girlfriend. And how she was gone. When […]
To be in relationship with your life as it unfolds is the point of cultivating presence. Some of us learn this best by going inward and getting to […]
My insecurities are animals. Butterflies to be exact. They take up physical space in my body. I can be going along comfortable in my day, feeling clear, and minding my […]
If we awaken from the American Dream, what do we wake up to? How do we get ourselves to sit up, place our feet on the floor, and go […]
Original post by Randima Fernando posted September 30, 2011 on Mindful Schools blog. This post gives us great reminders about how we can begin to change our habits, carefully pointing […]