The Power of Contemplation

Create space for contemplation. Consider the fact that winter was a time of rest for your ancestors. Modern life, with all its conveniences, has flattened the seasons, making them uniform. Each season offers its own richness. The gift of winter is rest and contemplation. Yielding to this inner calling to rest, you will have the…

Make Kindness a Habit

Listen. Relax. Open. Allow. Permit your mind to wander. Gather the thoughts and inspiration dancing just at the edge of consciousness, waiting to break through your awareness. Tiny acts of kindness are just as powerful as big ones. The smallest act of kindness – like bringing your partner a cup of coffee, tying a child’s…

Grace

Grace is the kindness you offer yourself. When you’re feeling sad, lonely or out of sorts, have the grace to pause for reflection and ask, “What does my soul want me to know?” Maybe you need to rest. Maybe you need to go for a hike or a run. Maybe you need to be immersed…

Create Space for Kindness

Free your heart from anger. Release any feelings of resentment or blame. They have no place in your heart. When your heart is filled with kindness, there is literally no room for anger. Forgiveness creates space for kindness. Like cleaning out a cluttered spare bedroom, the space created by kindness allows fresh air to enter…

Love Each Other Well

Love each other well. Forgive easily. Care deeply, knowing you are deeply cared for. You have no greater purpose on this earth than to love the one in front of you. Cherish your partner. Are you feeling lonely, isolated, or distanced from your partner? That feeling is what you experience when you are distanced from…

Radical Kindness

Kindness is its own reward. An expression of kindness does not require reciprocation or even acknowledgement. Kindness seeks to express instead of impress. It is the outward manifestation of a heart that is already fully – having been fed by its own inner light. Kindness is never needy or grasping. It offers its riches freely,…