Archives for 2011
Have I said this lately? Authenticity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. I’ve been thinking about vulnerability, transparency, how to write about what I’m experiencing… whether to write about it… I’ve been thinking about clarity, and compassion, and speaking from the heart. And listening from the heart. And, mostly, how [...]
Have you ever thought about what it must be like to have hallucinations and know that you’re having them? (Or maybe you’ve actually had them yourself?) What must it be like to see something, and know that it isn’t real, even though you can totally see it? There’s a reason I bring this up. Lots [...]
Brene Brown says everybody has shame, but nobody wants to talk about it. But not talking about it lets us overestimate its power. I am happy to listen to my shame, but I don’t accept its theories about who I am. I won’t live in the house shame built for me. I have a different [...]
Well, imagine this: A genie comes and gives you a three by five card from the world of Harry Potter. You look at it when you’re waiting for your coffee, and it shows you short updates from five or six people. One is interesting to you, and the rest are not, and you stick the [...]
So Jesus was walking along with his friends, and he was *hungry*. He saw a fig tree! Sweet! Alas, it was out of season. No figs. “Damn you, tree!” he said. “You suck!” He kept walking, and the tree withered. “Uh, Jesus? Dood. You just killed that tree.” “Aw, shit,” Jesus said. He paused. “Guys,” [...]
tl;dr I’ve been thinking about whether I’m congruent—that is, the same person on twitter that I am in 4D (“meatspace”). I know that I use more colorful language in person than I do in twitter. (I’m about 68% in the “it’s just a word” camp, and 29% in the “why scare people, though?” camp. And [...]
The thing is, I don't hear the Source of Love calling me to adopt a non-violent strategy for getting by in the world. The call I hear is way simpler, and in some ways harder. It's a call to drop my agenda, to surrender, all the way, to love.
I wish there were something I could do to express how important I this idea is. I want to shout it from rooftops, but I know that doesn’t really help. So, here it is. Let them as has ears hear it. :) “If you want to build a ship,don’t drum up people togetherto collect wood [...]
A friend predicted (correctly) that I don’t make New Years’ resolutions. Then he asked me to talk about why, and it got me thinking. I came up with two reasons. The first reason is that I don’t want to think in terms of “fixing” myself. I’m a glorious holy mess, created in the image of [...]
The mystic poet Hafiz explains why I’m so stubborn about love. 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.
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