A lovely post about life and the poet Jane Kenyon arrived in my inbox today from the brilliant Maria Popova and her newsletter The Marginalian, and I had to share it with you. Maria writes: "The vital force of life is charged by the poles of holding on and
The picture above is of Fletcher Merkel, one of the two children killed at the school church shooting in Minneapolis literally 10 blocks from my home. There is nothing to say except that when I saw this picture of him it brought home, in the most visceral way, the horror
Good Morning 🌞 I came across this thought-provoking parable on Instagram and decided to share it today. A Buddhist monk asked his students - If you're carrying a cup of coffee and someone bumps into you, why did you spill the coffee? Each and every one of his students
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to