“Once upon a time, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated…” Terry Tempest Williams The world is a smorgasbord, and it’s up to us…

Billions of individual stories have brought us here. There must surely be a pattern, a common thread that ties all of humanity together. If we could unlock an implicate order or system for living, it would show us a method to understand our lives better. Was Kierkegaard mistaken when he posited, “Life must be lived forwards but…

Love has so many faces. Love is known for its grace, forgiveness and acceptance. Love is also strong as a leader. And love is also the gateway to the soul. Anthony Douglas Williams writes, “Love is the secret password to every soul.” These eight words—particularly the word love—are all we need to know, the rest…

Mature understanding is that love comes from a neutral space. Nature itself is transpersonal, it does not judge, nor does it have any inherent prejudices. All of life dances in creation in perfect harmony with all things seen and unseen, visible and invisible, physical and spiritual, effable and ineffable. The nature of reality has been…

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