Small Steps

Last week, I found myself at a table with two other parents like myself, who have children with special educational needs. We were talking about how something so small--a smile, a kiss, the meeting of eyes--can take on immense importance when it is a rarity. While we were sitting there, one of my friends got …

Ride the Waves

Emotions are like a storm, but you are the sea, wide, endless and full to the depths. There is motion at the surface and raindrops may pelt at the  waters, but underneath the outer layers is a teeming world, filled with secret, vibrant life. There is a calm, a swaying to beautiful subterranean undersea music, …

You Decide

Only when you recognize the true extent of your greatness can you fully understand that you are a boundless creator. There is such great light in you! Much like a gaslight, it can be turned up and down, regulated as you desire or as you allow your emotions to open yourselves up or close you …

Avoidance

I know all the tricks. All the ways we hide. The ways we put off inspiration--that desire to paint, to dance, to exercise--by cleaning that pile of papers in the corner or by hitting next on Netflix. Maybe you don't know who you really are or why you're here. Maybe the world sometimes feels so …