When we chase two rabbits, one gets away. Two of our favorites to chase are Elusive Love and Sex. Elusive Love most likely gets away. Sex is easier to catch, but we can’t quite hold on to it. Sex is on every corner, though; we can catch another! And in the meantime, we find another alluring rabbit to chase–Big Bucks, Pretty Hare, Smarty Britches, Mister Muscle, or Chocolate Mousse. Before it’s over, we may chase a whole field of rabbits and, with years of practice, cleverly catch them.

But the one rabbit that can satisfy our yearning is Authentic Love. And Authentic Love, the most glorious rabbit of all, isn’t running. It’s nesting inside of us, just waiting to birth a life full of the most precious little rabbits we ever dreamed of. … More

What if being happy is as simple as being true to yourself? And what if being true to yourself is also being true to love and God?

What if … the best life you can live is as simple as choosing happy? … More

Different beliefs tend to divide us and draw lines between us — in politics, religion and intimate relationships. But we can use these same differences to remove the blinders that keep us narrow-minded.

“Buddhism divided over the questions that have always divided people,” says Huston Smith in “The World’s Religions.”
He goes on to identify the questions:

1. Are people independent or interdependent?

2. Is the universe helpful or indifferent toward its creatures?

3. What is the best part of the human self, head or heart?

You can, in the light of these questions, assess differences in your personal, professional, spiritual, political and civic relationships.

Now, consider this: The “right” answer to each of the three questions is “both.” Our binary thinking (it has to be one or the other) is a trap, a trap that leads to division of home, church, country and planet.

Perhaps you are afraid that if somebody else is right, you must be wrong. Perhaps you cling to an outcome you can blame on the universe, or perhaps you cling to one you can control — “If it’s up to me, I can make it happen.” Maybe you are complacent or weary of thinking. Maybe you are broken-hearted.… More