Personal growth, mastery and success are not necessarily about adding more things to our lives (more skills, more possessions, more commitments) but rather about stripping away what is unnecessary. I am trying to practice letting go of what does not serve me in order to...
Pema Chödrön is pointing out that much of our suffering comes from our own minds….our thoughts, judgments and resistance to what is. While life certainly brings challenges, we often make things harder by how we react. We dwell on the past, worry about the future...
“True transcendence frees us from the tyranny of I am, the idolatry of we are, and the scapegoating of they are.” Richard Rohr, Transcending a Single Story The first half of life is about building the “I” part of “my story”; a natural part of...