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Sixteen years ago today, I stopped the story in my head. I left that small reality to join the bigger reality of life right now in the...

I decided to do a 3-day Mindfulness Retreat because so often I felt judgmental and negative. Numerous times a day I'd say, “That’s...

There are many forms of meditation. I meditate to observe and enter the space beyond what's in my head. When I meditate I often focus on...

I meditate to observe what’s happening in the present moment. When I observe I become aware of what’s really going on inside me and...

Someone told me, “I don’t think anyone can change how they feel.” From my experience, we do this all the time. When we do something we...

What a crappy year 2021 was for me. All kinds of stuff kept happening that I couldn’t control. Divisiveness in the world wore me down....

I’ve been running on the beach for the past 25 years. In 2018, I committed to running 5 days a week, 3 miles a day, for the next 4 years....

I have lived much of my life around three things: lists, should's, and guilt. Yet I know life is happening in between these. I'm pretty...

I recently saw a poster for a father daughter dance, and I felt envious. I never went to an event like that, I never even dreamed of it....

People ask me how I stay in such good shape - it's actually pretty simple - I practice good habits. I love food, lots of people do....

I’m a fairly pragmatic, down to earth person. I work hard, and don’t take a lot of time to enjoy life – to have fun. The other night I...

We are in extremely difficult times. Divisiveness circles around us like a roaring tornado and washes over us like a raging tsunami; it’s...

I write to remind myself of what is true – this inspires me; I hope you find it inspiring, too. Often, I’ll learn something of great...

The Coronavirus didn't negatively affect me at first, my life actually got better – I was working less at my job and writing more. Then...

Mr. Rogers is my hero - he inspires me with his wise, gentle nature. I recently watched the movie, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,...

it's been said that all our suffering comes from desires or expectations. My dog Scout doesn't seem to have a problem with either of...

We lost my dad, Jim Andrews, twenty years ago today. He was probably the most unhappy person I’ve ever known, and he lived with a lot of...

Psychologists believe that we have a “Set Point” for happiness with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. They say this is...

Wait: to stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens. Antonym of wait: journey, move,...

I don’t call my quiet time mediation – what is medication anyway? Lots of people think of meditation as a way to make themselves better,...