Is silence a skill? Is it an art? Or is it just the natural flow of being deeply content, not needing anything more? Nicholas Sparks writes in The Notebook: “We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next … Continue reading This has taken a lifetime to learn…
Have you ever gotten lost in a daydream, only to be jolted back to reality by a sudden sound? That snap back to the present moment – that's awareness. It's the fundamental ability to perceive your surroundings, your thoughts, and your emotions. But awareness can be a double-edged sword. While awareness can open us up … Continue reading THIS is the only force that brings healing and renewal…
Love. It's a word whispered in fairytales, a yearning etched in our hearts. Yet, for many of us, truly receiving love can feel like a foreign concept. We shower love on others freely, but when it comes to letting it wash over us, a strange resistance sets in. Why is this? Why do we struggle … Continue reading Whoever taught you that you’re not lovable just as you are was never right, and being who you are was never wrong.
There is a beautiful paradox to being human. We are a glorious tapestry woven with vibrant threads of strength, resilience, and love, and also… among these vibrant threads there are undeniably threads of imperfection, insecurities, and occasional stumbles, inseparable from the woven whole. The question is whether the value of the tapestry is increased or … Continue reading Messy and also beautiful.
Have you ever found yourself spending way too much energy fighting a reality that is not going to change, or trying to keep control over what is ultimately beyond your control? It is like trying to push a boulder up a hill. You pour on the effort, muscles straining, but the darn thing barely budges. … Continue reading No more energy wasted on resistance.
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by life's experiences, to the point where closing your heart seemed like the only way to cope? It's a natural instinct, this desire for self-protection. But what if I told you that shielding your heart actually diminishes your experience of life itself? We sometimes have life experiences that feel too … Continue reading Experience life at full-strength!
The week stretches before you, a canvas waiting for your brushstrokes. Goals to set, dreams to chase – it's the natural human instinct to plan, to propel ourselves towards a perceived better future. But in this mad dash towards "what could be," we often forget the most fertile ground for growth: the present moment. Our … Continue reading Forget about enlightenment!
Could you imagine yourself peeling back layers, revealing a truer, more authentic you beneath? This is not just a handy metaphor, it's the reality of what meditation does. While we have accumulated these layers in an attempt to make ourselves more presentable, more acceptable to the world, this inauthentic self we’ve been constructing becomes our … Continue reading You are becoming more and more you, as the old layers of armour slowly unravel.
