The act of blessing is an opening to healing you can do at any time. — It’s Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where I live, the hummingbirds have returned and green is sprouting all around. The huge native cottonwood trees outside my bedroom window will soon wear a headdress of new growth. I am so inspired by Nature! So much goes…

Only with the heart can one see rightly; the essential is invisible — It was the little prince in Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s book of that name who first turned me on to seeing with the heart. He said, “Here is my secret. …

How you pray is a personal expression of your soul — At the heart of things it makes no difference whether we kneel and make the sign of the cross, prostrate ourselves times a day, light candles, chant mantras, sit cross-legged and meditate, or commune with nature. The essence of the inquiry, “How do you pray?,” is not dependent on culture…

Do you have the courage to step out of your business and into the stillness of your true nature? — As technology advances, so do our tasks. We are able to explore on the internet and chat with people all over the world. But sometimes it feels like we are the tools of technology instead of the other way around. Are you able to unplug and give yourself a rest…

In the winter of our discontent, we must let go of the old way before we know what is to come — At this time of great transition, I believe we are in a collective grieving. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a pioneer in analyzing the process of dying and grief, has articulated for us five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. They are not always linear and in order and there’s…