Jack Kornfield’s Forgiveness Meditation

Kind promise: I will forgive with wild abandon I am finding myself lost for words today, so I will let Jack Kornfield say it for me. Jack is more cautious than I want to be with forgiveness. I don’t want to forgive “to the extent to which I am...
Delights – the whistler on the bus

Delights – the whistler on the bus

As I go through my day, I watch for moments when the corners of my mouth turn up and my heart lifts. I note these moments of delight  in my journal and consider their patterns  here. I encourage you to be on the lookout for your Delight of the Day. Last Tuesday, I was...
Forgiveness is letting this moment rise up

Forgiveness is letting this moment rise up

kind promise: I will forgive with wild abandon. I want to come each moment with my hands empty and my heart open. Instead, I often approach with caution. I carry expectations about how things are going to be, about how things ought to be. I decide in advance what’s...
Forgiveness and the Holidays

Forgiveness and the Holidays

Kind promise: I will forgive with wild abandon. Here we are in December Take the visions you have Of perfect family Perfect home Perfect gifts Hold them up for blessing You wanted that Of course you did Those visions come from eons of creaturely hunger Honor them...
Wrangling the holiday monster

Wrangling the holiday monster

Kind promise: I will love without keeping score. This is Thanksgiving week (in the United States). It’s the time of year when we begin to drive ourselves and each other a bit (or a bunch) crazy chasing the dream of the perfect holiday. We want beautiful surroundings,...
Return to love

Return to love

kind promise: I will love without keeping score. My husband and teenaged daughter were late getting out of the house this morning. It was upsetting. He gathered his stuff and left the house for the car, bellowing, “we’re really late! Get a move on!” She, almost in...