Our real work on this Planet at this time — I have a dear friend who teaches children on the autism spectrum. To me, that seems like an impossibly difficult job. Her students can’t be controlled, they don’t act sensibly or normally. They’re in near-adult bodies with child-like, sometimes mysterious minds. I asked my friend when and why she decided…

Love in any way you can

What we feel and what we know about ourselves matters most — Want to listen to this story on audio? Click the ‘Listen’ button above and then I suggest selecting either the English or the American female voice. You may also enjoy it more if you slow the audio slightly to ‘9x’ so you can absorb and reflect as you listen. The…

Harvard’s life-long study defines 7 Simple Habits for consistent happiness throughout our lives. Want to listen to this story? Click the ‘Listen’ button above and then select the English voice of ‘Stephanie’, which is similar to the author’s own voice. Are we truly achieving happiness in our everyday lives? My…

Even though I learned to recognize it We all have it, deep within us, even when we can’t put a name to it. Compassion. It’s a knowing, in our heart space that ‘something’ in someone’s actions doesn’t feel OK. Yet we often ignore it because we can’t explain it or don’t know what to do about it…

Then we can love from a safer place — In this world where egoic fears and negative beliefs stimulate dastardly hurtful actions, we need our personal boundaries. For example, I can have compassion for the ones held in prison who might harm me if they were free; I have compassion and love for my ex now I no longer live with his bouts of anger; I have compassion and love for the friend who dissed me, now…

He’s Helped to Shine a New Light on Them There’s only one underlying reason why Chris Rock aimed that now infamous insulting joke at Jada Pinkett Smith during this year’s Oscar Awards, and it was the same reason that caused Will Smith to respond by marching on stage and slapping Chris on the face. …

Bullshit is an expression of fear. It’s the conscious or unconscious effort to lie, with the intention of deceiving or misleading. The aim is to protect the self, or to fit in with others; to be revered, to be supported, or perhaps be perceived as more powerful than others. Do…

Although I liked this quote enough to share it, I see a bigger perspective. — Here’s my perspective about this. A slight expansion on the above profound quote. Even the smallest act of loving kindness, for example smiling at a stranger, sends out ripples into collective consciousness and changes the world. This is powerful. None of us are truly weak or small and none of…