BE: Awake

April 27, 2020

We cannot really be present, we cannot really be awake, unless we recognize that Life is a Whole, a circle, an infinite cycle. This means that we can’t ignore the things we don’t want to deal with, sweep things we’re afraid of under the rug, avoid the tough stuff, distract ourselves from the challenges. We can’t because they will inevitably cycle back around and surface back up.

BUT we also can’t beat ourselves up when we fail. After all, as my favorite aunt used to quip, “We haven’t ascended yet!”

So to BE awake is to be, in each moment, as awake as we can be. To keep waking up. To notice when we are drifting off more quickly. And when we have fallen asleep, to wake ourselves up with kindness and compassion and then keep waking up.

BE: Hope

April 23, 2020

I hope — have a feeling of deep trust — that if we can all be willing to release all our little opinions — we will hear the same answers as the birds and the flowers and the trees seem to hear. And then remember that Love is the only true Source and ReSource.

That we will all lean in with hope and faith, with understanding and belief. And do what is right and best and true. FOR OUR WORLD! Together.

BE: Love

April 15, 2020

Today’s practice is BEing Love. To show up in our hearts in everything we do today. To make living in all its mundanity — brushing our teeth, feeding the dog, paying the bills, doing our work — a heart-centered practice. To understand, beyond a shadow of doubt, that LOVE IS WHY WE ARE HERE.

Today let’s BE Love. And in doing that, let’s take #LoveViral.

BE: Here

April 13, 2020

As you may or may not have noticed, I haven’t had much to say the past few days.

It’s Monday morning, and still nothing much is surfacing. Three days in a row. That’s unusual for me. But then again, these are unusual times.

Many of us have been in some form of shelter in place or lockdown or stay at home for over five weeks now. Around us, the world is in turmoil — and those of us who are praying people are praying every day for our world and everyone we love. Everyday we get up. Those of us who work, work. Those of us who can walk, walk. And those of us who pray, pray. Sure we eat and sleep and talk to friends on the phone. But mostly it’s work. walk, watch, pray.