Practices
Summer Blessings: Breath
Enjoy this practice as a stand-alone experience or as the last of an eight-day series…
Articles
On Eternity and the Self from ‘A Basic Human Approach to Happiness’
This is an excerpt from a three-part article exploring the importance of shared values and…
Videos
Purls of Wisdom
For centuries, the greatest thinkers have suggested the same thing: Happiness is found in helping…
Articles
Befriending Ourselves: An Invitation to Love
"You are the one you have been waiting for." Byron Katie Everything flourishes in the…
Articles
Br. David Steindl-Rast on Purpose and Meaning
In a predominant focus on purpose, however, we often miss the meaning of life —…
Poetry
instead of “thank you,” try “no thank you”
Take the thorny, inconvenient step. Create a mess outside your usual jurisdiction.Stop leaning on the learned…
Poetry
But You Thought You Knew What a Sign Looked Like
Open your hands, lift them. —William Stafford, “Today” The parking space beside the store…
Articles
On Pessimism and Optimism from “The Shadow”
The more we suppress the darkness within us, the more it leads a life of…
Poetry
Any Morning
Just lying on the couch and being happy.Only humming a little, the quiet sound in…
Interviews
A Lesson in Thanks and Vulnerability
A junior high school teacher spent his life defying stereotypes about how men should express…
