We Are
The seasons dawdle. We do too. Just when we think it is Spring, the cold winds whip. And our faces become numb with the icy realization that things are never as they seem. Or what we expect. The mystery of life comes alive every single […]
Tag: power of slow
And still we rise (beyond the glass ceiling)
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. – Maya Angelou Despite the inroads generations before us have made, gender bias at the workplace is still […]
Scared senseless
Are you scared? So am I. And I am doing it anyway. Life promised me things. A great career, a great relationship, a great horizon. As I deepened myself in the process of it all, I emerged broken, shattered, perplexed, shunned. It didn’t turn out […]
What color is YOUR lamp?
The room fell silent as we thought through our day. It had been a grueling ten-hour day at the Inner Negotiation Workshop with another day to go. This personal development seminar, held both in the United States and Holland by the Motivation Management Service Institute, […]
When darkness births a flame
“When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.“ – “The Hill […]
Dancing between the spaces of time
Dancing between the spaces of time is not something we are taught to do. And yet in those pockets we find the magic of life that actually got us here. This year has brought the world together in ways unimaginable. Through sorrow. And loss. And […]
The deep exhalation
As the fog tumbled slowly down our lane, I felt a quiet awakening of spirit and an inward song left too long unsung. The egregious years of reckoning sank solemnly upon our heads and hearts as we struggled to find the real behind the curtain. […]