We Don’t Grow In Straight Lines

We Don’t Grow In Straight Lines

“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or...
Be Curious, Not Judgmental

Be Curious, Not Judgmental

“Be Curious, Not Judgmental?”   I once saw this Walt Whitman quote on a storefront somewhere in Manhattan. I snapped a picture of it and haven’t forgotten it since. It’s so easy to judge someone else because judgment is mindless.  In judgment,...
Make This Moment Holy

Make This Moment Holy

“If You Cannot Make Something Better or Different, Then Make it Holy.” —Clarissa Pinkola Estes   Whether we like it or not, the pandemic is real and we are in it.   Some of us have lost jobs and are struggling.  Others have plenty of money in the bank...