“Thoughtfulness can descend upon you like a cloud – imperceptible at first then quietly enfolding you in its softness, its calmness, its peace. There are no jagged edges, discomforts, or distractions just a deep pool of introspection as you sink into the cloud’s billows. Thoughtfulness is a state of allowing; no force is involved. The lack of working at it brings a feeling of fulfillment, a spiritual completion where measurement is...

“After all these years, experiences, challenges, changes, opportunities, twists of fate, routines, explorations, retreats, trips, dreams, modifications, adaptations, improvements, accolades, disappointments, regressions, discoveries, realizations, illusions, repetitions, awakenings, meditations, exposures, instructions, relationships, you arrive to yourself. How amazing! After all that, you are still essentially you: something your soul has...

“The famous quote from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: “A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet”, risks losing its message of universal truth in these times of exacting identification and minute categorization. Whether defined in terms of species, gender, age, ethnicity, colour, profession, location, personality, values, orientation or a combination thereof, you become data-rich but soulfully-poor in the eyes of another. Like...

“Taking a break at some point?  Stuck in traffic? Waiting in line? Got a few minutes before guests arrive? Daydreaming? Watching the kids in the backyard? It only takes a few moments to send love and light to any and all who are crossing your mind. Family, friends, the neighbour down the street, your dentist, a favourite restaurant, a troubled spot or a troubled soul in the world. It matters not to whom but that you send out love and light...

“I take these words “still standing” from a teacher who has been going through a few life experiences that have come fast and furious within a small stretch of time. They have been pummeled, bent, and exhausted to the point of breaking but in their own words are “still standing”. They are unbowed in their acceptance of what life is, and therein lies their dignity and power. Are you going through challenges, too? Those that would crush you like...