

Stuck Open, without Fear
I was reading Untethered Soul, agreeing strongly in the part about breaking down the barriers we build around ourselves... Then I came home and my window wouldn't close because it's broken. Immediately I felt fear. It's cold where I live! What will I do when it's not hot and sunny out? What will I do to get my landlord to fix this? Panic spoke for a moment. Then I literally looked past the open crack and saw plain beauty in the nature beyond. Wow. Outside is majestic. There i


Living from Hate versus Living from Love
Let’s talk about self-hate. If I'm honest, I spend a lot of time quietly hating myself. That happens. I own it. One thing I know for sure is that my life is easier when I am living from love. By that I mean when I’m allowing space for that self-hatred to be here, when I’m hearing its nasty garbage dialogue… and letting it speak. I let it have the floor, without reacting. Then I start to watch over it with a sense of okayness. I hear you, nasty voice. I'm just listening. Just


Why we should all stop trying to touch our toes
I used to think my life would be easier – better – if I could touch my toes. “When I can touch my toes, man, things are going to be different.” I’d get starry-eyed just thinking about it. Unconsciously, lots of us think like this: Life will be better when I can do "x." (Have you?) But this belief is straight delusion. Totally insane. It suggests that flexible humans contain more worth than inflexible ones. It suggests that people with tight hamstrings are bad. That is plain c