Happiness is personal.  A journey, as unique as the way you look.  As rare as a doppelganger, as surprising as a few people in the world that look like you. It is the same with happiness.  We have very quirky ways of experiencing happiness.  For instance, when I say I love the color of the sea water, there is a particular shade of blue that…

Did you know that when you choose a different life, it feels divergent?  Unalike the one you are walking out from.  Logically, this should not be a surprise.  A different life should feel different.  But as I stepped into a new chapter in my life this week I started to feel unfamiliar. Even my body acted anew.  I saw my reality through different eyes.  It…

Sometimes the new life is hiding behind a tiny moment. Behind just one thought.  If you could look inside your mind you would see two words connecting the old chapter with the new one.  These words can be missed completely if we are not paying attention to our inner experience.  It is almost like a lottery win.  Rare. Unexpected.  Invisible to the naked eye and…

There is a place deep inside grief that can hold us without pain.  The deepest most hidden place of the grief experience is a seat of Trinity to witness life from.  I was trying to explain this to someone this week. She saw me looking sad and struggled believing me when I said I am very happy. It is hard to explain that this feels…

I was interviewing Dr. Parker J. Palmer, an extraordinary poet, writer, change maker.  And in the middle of the interview, he asked me if I was faithful to my gift.  My eyes must have widened quite a bit.  My brain repeated.  Faithful to my gift?  How would that look like? I thought about us in that moment in time.  About all of us.  Everyone.  How…

It’s late Thursday evening as I am writing to you.  And the dark of the night makes for a deeper connection between us.  It’s almost as if we slightly step out of space so we are closer together.  It will be morning when you are reading this letter, night when I am writing it, and so we meet at dawn.  Dawn has always been a…