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“Daddy," I whispered, feeling my own breath hitch in my throat. "I love you." Just when I was sure he was asleep, the one corner of his...

R eceiving kindness, gentleness, warmth and compassion tells the brain that the world is safe and other people are helpful rather than...

Yes, I saw and read some of the political news yesterday. I am politically independent - still I have plenty of thoughts about what path...

"The wound is the place where the light enters you." Rumi, poet Some years ago, my brother, Steve, shot himself.  Steve never recovered...

These are not new values or ideals. As long as there has been strife and hunger and exploitation and cruelty, there have been...

There is no 'them' and 'us.' There is only us. Father Gregory Boyle When a system is far from equilibrium small islands of  coherence in...

Between stimulus and response there's a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies...Abraham Lincoln. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not...

For each event, use mindfulness, a sense of common humanity, and kindness to process the event in a self-compassionate way. Dr. Kristin...

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa An acquaintance’s obituary was published...

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." Blaise Pascal, French inventor and physicist “I’m...

"You see the Earth with a sort of global consciousness, a global love. It's a phenomenon that fuels you emotionally, spiritually, and...

“The fundamental human experience is that of compassion." ― Joseph Campbell, The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life & Work...

If you fall off the horse, get back on (shouted by coaches and murmured by grandparents to keep us trying after failure...when they can't...

Let our New Year’s resolution be this: We will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. —...

“May you always know you have my hand to hold.” — JJ Heller When my granddaughters were young, they delighted in having their meals...

The cultivation of compassion is really a process of recovery – of retrieving an inherent capacity that has become, either in the moment...

“The meaning of life is to find your gift...." Pablo Picasso A couple of days ago, we shared one strength with each other in our...

Stop, breathe slow, and make a smart choice." Aldie, mindful paragon Imagine yourself at bedtime. An adult processing the day. Think...

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world when we live with these truths. ...