What’s your intention for 2008?

I’ve been having an email conversation with a mentor friend about a word for the New Year.  For me this word is an intention that helps guide me in 2008.  So many are in the running:  transformation, integration, and actualization top the list.  But the one that most reverberates at this moment is commitment.   So in the spirit of the [...]

dark light

Marianne Williamson’s poem took me to a slightly different place.  I would like to move away from the competitive duality of light versus dark.   For me, darkness is home to the unknown, the place possibility also lives.  I don’t think it’s an accident that seeds grow inside dark earth like a baby in a mama’s womb.   Light is [...]

Making friends with the unknown

While there is no way to control the unknown mystery of life, I believe that if we choose to welcome the unknown, we can learn how to navigate it.  The unknown can become our teacher and if we are willing to face our fears, the unknown will not leave us stranded and alone.  It will [...]