Even After All this time The Sun never says To the Earth “You owe me.” Look What happens With a love like that. It lights the Whole Sky. – Hafiz Help is hard to ask for. But why is it such a hard thing to ask for? We are usually in a position of vulnerability when we need help. We Read more…
As I sat, watching my husband lug big sheets of drywall and durock back and forth from the bathroom, I started wondering – why in the world isn’t he collapsing with exhaustion. It’s 8:00pm, and he has been working on our bathroom remodel since before he went to work (where he works on other people’s homes). And yet, he is Read more…
“If a man [pretends] to be great, how can he conceal his mediocrity?”–Tao Te Ching A lot of us have a fear of being ordinary. We want to be excellent in everything we do. Often we put so much pressure on ourselves because we believe that we are living below our potential. Sometimes, we can even put a tremendous amount of Read more…
We accept the love we think we deserve. I heard these words this past weekend. When I heard these words, they took my breath away and I found myself experiencing an overwhelming rush of emotion. I simultaneously felt both sad and overjoyed. I felt sad because I realized that I have accepted a not-so-great kind of love at more than Read more…
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”– Pema Chödrön I came across this quote quite a while ago and I recently found it again in Read more…
