“We’re all writing the stories of our lives … and we can choose to write stories of the restoration of relationships, and of the rebirth of communities, and of individual dignity being restored.” For ...

When it's over, I want to say all my life ...

which closes the moment you begin your plans. What you can plan is too small for you to live. What you can live wholeheartedly will make plans enough for the vitality hidden in your sleep. To be human ...

a river trembles with fear. She looks back at the path she has traveled, from the peaks of the mountains, the long winding road crossing forests and villages. there seems nothing more than to ...

When an individual lacks inner peace, domestic harmony is affected. When domestic harmony is lost, peace amongst neighbors too thins out. In this manner, when the inner peace of an individual is los ...

In my years of working with groups and organizations, I have identified four basic types of listening. “Ya, I know that already.” The first type of listening is downloading: listening by reconfirming ...

Awakin Talks is a series of webinars to explore a wide array of compassionate responses to our world today. It is organized around two core ideas. First, intrinsically motivated service creates a ...

In living rooms around the world, people come together to sit in silence for an hour, share some inspirational moments for the second hour, and often have a light meal afterward. No teachers, no ...

When it balances on top of the brim, you are understood. When it overflows and touches your skin, you are loved.

the way the soap dish enables you, or the window latch grants you freedom. Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.

Through the pines and the one maple I hear her. I shouldn’t have gone fishing if I didn’t know how to fish. I shouldn’t have gone fishing if I didn’t know how to fish.

"There comes a time when all life on Earth is in danger. Barbarian powers have arisen. Although they waste their wealth in preparations to annihilate each other, they have much in common: weapons of ...