Spend Kindness At the end of yoga class today, I heard some wonderful words about a way to practice kindness. It’s something anyone, and everyone, can do, every day. Here’s how it works. Imagine for a moment, if you will, that each of us has
Almost Lost Again
Almost Lost Again A favorite pair of earrings that I wore for years went missing one day. Well not entirely. It was only one that I lost on a teaching trip–at an airport, hotel, or possibly a grocery store. Slipping the wires in my ears each day had been a part of my getting dressed routine […]
The Door is Open
The Door is Open Recently I met up with someone who I have seen on enough occasions to feel that we are more than acquaintances although not quite friends. I walked across the room to where they were, and said that I hadn’t seen them around much, and hoped that things were going well. They […]
A Story
A Story I want to tell you a story. One that happened to me over 35 years ago. That seems so long ago now, but yesterday it was as fresh as if it had happened just a moment ago…and in a way it did. One Friday afternoon I got in my yellow VW bug and started out to pick […]
Life in the Slow Lane
Life in the Slow Lane We’ve gotten so used to a speedy life of instant gratification, instant messaging, instant email, instant delivery of packages, that I think we are forgetting the gifts we receive when we slow down and get our heads out of our phones and into the eyes of the person who is standing next to us. […]