After a substantial expenditure of energy—during times of crisis, a creative push, a pivotal choice needing to be made, a day gone...

“Oh you need to say yes a lot!” ­ – Naomi Shihab Nye. An idea can take hold of our lives and not let go, even if we have no clue how to...

“When aims differ, trails do too. These overlapping and crisscrossing trails, created by countless living beings pursuing their own ends,...

I am short on words today after handing in The Book of Calm manuscript to my publisher this week, and am sharing others' words to express...

A word has been flying in and out of my awareness these last two weeks. Soft. As in soft eyes. It’s a phrase I’ve been saying to my...

“…the way this bird swoops from an alcove out into the light, the way no one notices but a small child who stops and points—it all...