I usually make an annual birthday pilgrimage to the Museum of Modern Art to check out the Waterlillies, parts of the Monet series that adorn freshman dorms and dentists’ offices everywhere. I sit and gaze meditatively on the unfreakingbelievably gorgeous pinks and blues and greens and lavenders and the way the light hits and reflects and dives deep within…

…”if you feel irritation or depression or despair, recognize their presence and practice this mantra; “Dear one, I am here for you.” you should talk to your depression or your anger just as you would to a child. you embrace it tenderly with the energy of mindfulness and say, “Dear one, I know you are…

I mostly associate the term “dancing bears” with the Grateful Dead, but here’s the real frigginadorable deal…. Oxytocin surge, do your brain-relaxing thing! (This is from the ever-reliable Cuteoverload.com–the original photo is by Oliver Klink–the original post on Nat Geo is here.) Like what you see? Click here to subscribe and get Fresh Living in…

“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not…

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