Good quotes can be so nourishing. If we memorize some of them they can come in very handy when life is turbulent and difficult. “Gratitude is the confidence in life itself. In it, we feel how the same force that pushes grass through cracks in the sidewalk invigorates our own life.” — Jack Kornfield “Let […]

Deep down the soul longs for itself and for a quiet course, a secret way. Could we foster something new in our lives without forcing? The dramatic is so fetching. We are lured by its splash and energy. But the soul waits faithfully, not for drama but for moments of true attention. All the stuff […]

Wasn’t there a dance from Trinidad called the Limbo? I think you had to dance knees and belly forward under a bar and not dislodge it. Given the political situation we are being swung around in and inundated by daily, I feel I am in limbo. Passing under the bar successfully is getting harder and […]

Working with difficulty, who wants to do that? But difficulty is as much part of life as ease and joy are. There’s only one sane choice and that is to face it well. I like to remind myself that any difficulty that comes my way is not punishment. It is life in the raw and […]

In some Sufi traditions we are called Sons and Daughters of the Moment. I like to think that if we are truly present in the moment, our lives become momentous. Phrases posted on Facebook, February 2026 This may seem way out, but I have found that if I can remember that I am both in […]

The Dalai Lama tells us that his religion is kindness. We can all feel how he has practiced that as long as he’s been with us. Kindness is never wrong. As the wonderful Sufi teacher, Pir Elias Amidon, puts it “When you don’t know what to do, be kind. When you do know what to […]

Another Thanksgiving month has begun. A dear friend provided me with 365 gratitude quotes. WOW! I want to share some of them and invite you to please join me. Phrases Posted on Facebook November 2025 “Times that challenge us physically, emotionally, and spiritually my make it seem impossible to “feel” grateful. Yet, we can decide […]

We’ve been absorbing news of violence and suffering daily on the news. Using our iPhones, and iPads we are permeated with the electrical buzz of hatred, retaliation and tragedy. Our nervous systems are filling up with contamination. Are there ways to live that can help this? Phrases Posted on Facebook, October 2025 The disheartening onslaught […]

Here we are in a new month, and I want to choose a new subject to mull. “Sweet Rules to Live By” comes to mind. It helps me to know that rules are made all the time and are also broken all the time. Here’s a first one: SHOW UP. Phrases posted on Facebook, Sept. […]

Here it is another month and the need for another topic. I hope you will join me in regarding patience again. I seem to need it more than ever and to trust the “slow work of God” as Telihard De Chardin put is so eloquently long ago. Phrases posted on Facebook July 2025 You know […]