“In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself. The journal is a vehicle for my sense of selfhood. It represents me as emotionally and spiritually independent. Therefore (alas) it does not simply record...

“Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.”...

When you go to a doctor with a broken leg, you expect nothing less than to have the bone set and to go through a rehab process that returns you to full functionality. When you can do all the things you did before, you have completely healed. But when it comes to...

“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way” ~Thich Nhat Hanh Do you ever feel as though you would be happy if only things were a little different? You know that happiness is important, but you keep putting it on the backburner because there simply...

“It’s not a matter of letting go, you would if you could. Instead of ‘Let it go,’ we should probably say ‘Let it be.’” ~Jon Kabat-Zinn I always believed that a busy mind was a bad thing. And for a large part of my life,...

I’ve mentioned the loss of desire and interests in many different spiritual posts over the years. There are many different reasons for the loss of desire as you evolve spiritually. One big reason is that many of our interests taught to us by society aren’t...

“Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forward.” ~Soren Kierkegaard On my first day back in college, I sat on a bench outside a classroom and wrote in a tiny notebook. Glancing around at the young students lining up, my sunglasses slid...

“I still have a long way to go, but I’m already so far from where I used to be, and I’m proud of that.” ~Unknown Almost two years ago, I kept seeing the word “mindfulness” pop up everywhere I was looking, and I had no clue what it...

“There is no passion to be found in playing small—in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ~Nelson Mandela When I was a kid I’d get up early on Saturday mornings to start my routine, which ended with a few...

“There is a big difference between giving up and letting go. Giving up means selling yourself short. It means allowing fear and struggle to limit your opportunities and keep you stuck. Letting go means freeing yourself from something that is no longer serving...