Remembering, Coming Back Home
We often judge our life - in this moment - as flawed, wrong, less than ideal. Our buttons get pushed, and we tumble back into the old...
Awareness
I think most of us have an inkling that there's a way of knowing that's somehow independent of time, place, situation, and yes, even...
No Problem
The Christian mystic, Julian of Norwich (1342 – 1416) famously said: All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things...
Overall Attitude toward Life
What exactly is my general, overall attitude toward this life of mine? I may see it as: • an incredible gift, the opportunity to explore...
But Words Get In The Way
We crave certainty, stability, solidity, despite, or perhaps because we know that we live in a rapidly shifting, completely...
Shifting
“Most of us have spent much of our lives working on the project of improving and developing our separate sense of self in order to...
Meaning through Helplessness
“Most important, however, is the third avenue to meaning in life: even the helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he...
Experiencing Meaning
The second path by which one can arrive at meaning in life is: "experiencing something or encountering someone; in other words, meaning...
Paths to a Meaningful Life
Three main paths, according to neurologist, psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl: 1) "creating a work or by doing a deed"; 2)...
Towards the Difficult & the Rare
“in the filth of Auschwitz … people unmasked themselves, both the swine and the saints. And today you need no longer hesitate to use the...
