When you accept yourself unconditionally, you give yourself a safe place to fall down. And in risking a fall, you begin to realize what you’re capable of. You learn to trust yourself. You learn to fall with more grace, and get up with more strength. You learn that falling is part of living your best self.… More

Our relationships aren’t really about external circumstances. They’re about how we relate to each other. We want to be heard and understood. We want to be loved. When we are, we can handle the rest.

And even when a partner isn’t there for you, you can be there for you.… More

You don’t have to wonder what YOUR PURPOSE is. You are a vessel for love. Your ordination is the very breath of God, the source of all love. Follow what allows you to breathe more deeply, more fully, more completely. Be present. Do what enlivens you. Sit with what refreshes and restores you. You need not worry about WHAT you do; be aware of HOW you do it. Are you motivated by love or fear (greed, anger, vengeance, jealousy, or the like)?

And if you would help another to breathe, teach by example; you cannot breathe FOR him. You CAN love him as he is. THAT is your gift to give.

Love smiles on you,… More