Recently, I was talking to a psychologist friend of mine about the burden he felt from carrying the sad stories of the people who came to him for help. “People do such terrible things to one another,” he said. “Yes, that’s true,” I said. “But what I think about most when someone leaves my office is the stunning dignity with …
A More Flattering Light
I have a new daily practice. This one is about acknowledging the right of others to make the choices they do. Each night as I “lay me down to sleep,” I ask my guides: whose free will have I made conditional? The face of someone I know will float up into my consciousness, and I will take a moment or …
Wise Choices
I find that I have entered a period in my life when a lot of choices and opportunities are being presented to me. The challenge has been to not leap forward at each new thing but to stand back and choose with discernment, weighing carefully whether the choice seems to reflect who I am becoming or who I have been. …
Flying Far
My oldest son has left home to study abroad for the next year and a half. It was time for him to go, to leave the nest, and he was well prepared to do so. I have not been without my fears for this boy over the years—I am a mother after all. But the good news is, he has …