reflective art & writing ✹ Slc, Ut
One thing I am always learning is that it's not a requirement to have an empty plate, to have ample space in one's schedule, in order to maintain the slow internal pace needed to have a peaceful heart.
From now until the spring equinox 2021, we have access to boundless energy. There's a liberation after a long period of constraint. We're asked to stop allowing any of our energy to be drained. Energy well spent multiplies…
What struck me most are not your apparent options, but the two phrases "couple years" and "swinging wildly." I'm going to focus on these two items because they paint a picture all too familiar…
I've often found myself trying to hurry through what needs to be done now in order to give myself the time to move more slowly later. Not surprisingly, this causes a constant cycle of busyness, then recovery; busyness, then recovery.
It's nonsense.
Detachment in this case means releasing attachment to outcome. Of course you probably have a preference on how things turn out, but the work is to dis-identify with that preference…
This month asks us to get really honest about how aligned what we give our attention to is with what we want for our lives—both individual and civic.
I believe my most recent move against my co-dependent relationship with screens—to take every Sunday completely away from them—is perhaps finally tipping the scales in a bigger way. I wanted to take some time to just share what I’ve noticed so far…
This month brings a move from learning and observing into doing, an urgent request for us to attend to our own needs as a basis for being of use to the world, and calls to action with merciless demands of accountability—even from ourselves. The universe is supervising us.
…there I was, steeping on the couch in a vat of my own estranged boredom. And something clicked. I realized that being bored doesn't necessarily mean you don't have anything to do, but that you don't want to do any of it.
It is…the burden of the harm-doer to undertake the lifetime of work required to change, regardless of the level of trust or forgiveness on the part of those most harmed by their actions or lack thereof.