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I just came across this funny quote, though I can’t find who said it: “I always give 100% at work: 13% Monday 22% Tuesday 26% Wednesday 35% Thursday 4% Friday” Do you feel that way – like your motivation plummets on Friday?  Or are you a “get it done Friday so I don’t have to…

My friend Jennifer, whose talents I have extolled here before, has (finally!) opened an Etsy shop for her inspiring, peaceful, beautiful felted bracelets and paintings. She’ll be using all the proceeds from her shop to help fund a trip to India in March. From her: “I am planning on making art with children at an ashram there…

Back in October, we were shocked and dismayed to learn that three people attending a “Spiritual Warrior” event at the Angel Valley Retreat Center near Sedona, Arizona died after a sweat lodge ceremony. Today, news came down that James Arthur Ray, the self-help guru who led the retreat–and allegedly “urged participants to push past their…

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.” ~Kahlil Gibran   Need more morning inspiration?  Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!

John F. Kennedy said, “The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”  He didn’t say if the temperature had to be above freezing, but his words are inspiring me this morning nonetheless.  To me, they say, find the sun in your day, in your life, and let it shine its light…

Found this gem on My Itchy Third Eye, a beloved blog of yoga snark that ends this week. Its author Yoga Dawg is putting his energy back into painting. We wish him oodles of blessings and luck and thank him for his service in keeping yogaland from taking itself too seriously. No small task. Ommmm. Like what…

Oh, great--the groundhog saw his shadow. In case you're feeling a little shadowy yourself today in light of the breaking 6-more-weeks-of-winter news, here are some uplifting quotes to rescue you from any cold thoughts that might have crept into your mind.

Our dear Faiths editor just published this lovely feature about… nothing. Very Seinfeldian. Or Existentialist. Or Buddhist. Nothingness plays a major role in many Eastern faiths—but it’s not nothing. It’s a very rich something, an absence with presence that is surprisingly calming, especially if you’re used to buzzing around in a hectic life. The gallery includes…

“There is no use trying, said Alice; one can’t believe impossible things. I dare say you haven’t had much practice, said the Queen. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” –Lewis Carroll Dream anything impossible…

A beautiful book came across my desk the other day, “Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems,” edited by Ravi Nathwani and Kate Vogt. It’s full of gems like this by ancient Sufi poet Hafiz: How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement…
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