how i want to live my life

My narrative as I age is about using my skills, abilities, and know-how to make things better for other people. Helping to facilitate the circumstances under which others can flourish gives me joy. And it's not a sense of stepping in to save people, or whatever mucked up, ego-driven thing that might be. It's knowing where I have connections,... See more

I have come to think of intuition as how nature speaks to and through us . And by nature, I mean both our deepest, inner nature as well as the collective nature that connects us all. Listening to our intuition is how we can practice being in collaboration with life or the universe. The beauty is that we all possess this capacity. Intuition isn’t a... See more

What’s clarifying is that I do believe every person is important. That means working on a human scale matters. Things don’t feel small and petty if you really believe every life is precious and fully linked to all life on Earth. I may not be religious, but I hold community as sacred all the same.

My goal this year is to live in harmony with my sensitivity and appreciate its gifts.

Never stop looking for the offering of love that is buried inside every apparent nightmare. Never stop looking for the gift, the treasure, the beauty, the invitation for awakening and freedom.

Love is not always soft and snuggly, or soggy — love is sometimes ferocious with its power to roll you in the surf for a while and demand that you find your

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