When it comes to Trust, it is easier to define it as something that can be calculated or proven. But the intangible side of trust is more interesting to me. I am thinking of faith.

I want to talk about love, not the Hallmark card kind of love

The cold, damp, and dark do not necessarily mean negative.

We need to remind ourselves that we have tools for self-care to support us through this chaotic time.

To be truly awake, we must sit in every moment of our experience, good or bad, and not run away, or numb ourselves.

How do we learn to feel safe?

Life revolves around birth and death. It is a circle

Before we examine the subject of courage, we need to look at our fears. Talking about fear, I have a monkey mind sitting on my shoulder, with its arms crossed and saying, “Who do you think you are? Why would anyone read your writing?” Or “That is too dangerous. You might get hurt.”

This is the season of renewal. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is promised to no one. The Buddha reminded us that what is real is the present moment.

Amidst all the bad news every day, the sun still comes up in the morning. The birds are still chirping. There is plenty of beauty all around us. How can we hold both realities? It is not a choice between darkness and light because both realities exist at the same time.

To renew ourselves, we can reconcile with our past and let it go like the tree dying a thousand small deaths so that we don’t carry our trauma into our current lives and project our wounding onto our relationship with others.

We cannot turn back time but we can view this crossing in slow motion to be more aware of what we are holding on to and letting go of.