It ain't easy to be free and easy. We're literally hardwired (thanks to our ancestors who were hunted by giant hyenas and carnivorous kangaroos) to be uptight and judgmental. We've got to fight that shit, man, fight our own blood. By Lee Glazier You can tell a lot about a culture by [...]
By J. G. Lewis Estival Solstice, the longest day of our year, is a time when the sun stands still. Like the sun (if only for a moment) we should also simply be present. Whether counting clouds by day or stargazing at night, be mindful of the space between each---our space. This is time not [...]
For the first time since my double mastectomy, I took off my shirt for meditation. I placed my left hand on the center of my chest. The palm of my hand was resting over my incision. I placed my right hand on top of my left and pressed down gently. By Kim Stevens-Redstone There [...]
Many of us believe that in order to be considered good people, we have to put the needs of others before our own. Yet to practice self-kindness, we consider what is best for us first. We realize there are times when it is more important to focus on our own lives, instead of so [...]
You need not worry about pen (ball-point or fountain), or pencil, or crayon, or how you write, or what time of the day you will find those stolen moments; you only need to concern yourself with making the time, and letting the journal do what it needs to do. By J.G. Lewis [...]
Here, I can just be me. By Marcee Murray King I call this my "sit spot." When I moved here almost 20 years ago, I placed the triangle rock I had carried in my move to Wisconsin here to sit upon. This nook at the base of the cottonwood in the [...]
My mood was almost as dark as the sky above my little sedan as I traveled along the highway. While not deeply depressed, there was a proverbial dark cloud hanging over me. By Deb Avery It was one of those days when the sun was shining brightly one moment and the [...]
By J. G. Lewis *The recent attack in the U.K. (which one?) got me thinking (again) of a piece I wrote less than a year ago. Sadly, nothing much has changed...and the song plays on. It’s one of those songs that rushes through my head in times of strife, or disappointment, or when [...]
Is it really so difficult to unplug and engage with our surroundings? Has the media and our electronic devices become our new security blankets? By Tanya Tiger I fear we are quickly becoming a nation of distracted consumers. I won’t generalize by saying we all get caught up in television shows, social [...]
What if I told you that when watching a sunset, you are actually paying more attention to the clouds, than you are to the actual sun? Would you stop for a moment and wonder what you’ve always taken in? By J.G. Lewis Is it the sunset you enjoy, or the shadows it [...]