“He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.” – Michel de Montaigne This quote is on the wall of a room at…
Catastrophe
A crisis is a moment of opening, loosening, cracking apart. Lightning strikes and breaks open something that was supposed to be precious, sealed, preserved for…
Change
Every goodbye is a hello. Each exhalation makes space for the next inhalation. The river moves, currents pulling forward, each molecule of water greeting the…
B’Day and the Virgin Queen
An archetype is a shape, a meta-form, or collection of attributes and energies expressed in multiple forms. The concept calls back to Plato’s Theory of…
Sinking Beneath
Does life feel like a perpetual series of crises? Does drama feel endless? When feeling stressed, is there a rush and overflow of thoughts and…
Heru-em-Anpu
Disappointed heart, mourning eye rectified by obstinate will. Avenger, dissenter, fierce youth, scalding passion, aggrieved: make intention whole with the dark, enfold depth with lunar…
Meditation on Division and Wholeness
Today I can stretch to include more of myself. I notice the urge to choose between and cut away, dismiss, or marginalize something. A part…
The Mask
Sometimes we become trapped by the person we are trying to be, and deny the suffering beneath. This outer mask of personality is uniquely shaped…
Listening
I aim to post one blog per week, but this week I’ve found myself unable to muster up anything that feels equal to what is…
Respect, Privilege, and Pluralism
Recently I wrote about honor and humility as personal values. I want to speak of the combination of these values, Respect, as a civic virtue.…