Remember the lovely Naomi Shihab Nye poem I posted last Monday, about missing an opportunity because you’re blind and deaf to it? Well, here’s another test. You get another chance. Wink, wink. Please stop reading by the end of this paragraph if you truly want to challenge yourself. If you read any further, it’ll spoil […]
Fireflies
For us, summer evenings mean fires out on the deck, picnics by the barn, and fireflies. There’s something mesmerizing about fireflies–their gentle and unpredictable dance of twinkling lights. The whole sight makes you want to join them…or at least chase them. Here’s one of my favorites from Owl City. Ready to get your groove on? […]
Karma
Frequently, when I’m stressed about something, I succumb to migraine headaches. Several years back, I went to Mayo Clinic’s Headache Clinic, to see if there was a solution. To my surprise, my doctor said an interesting thing: “Did you know, Elissa, that having a headache is similar to practicing the piano? The more your brain […]
Goodies
Every once in a while, I like to share a few amazing finds. There are beautiful people, everywhere in this world, doing amazing, complicated things, and I’m always blown away by the diversity, the creativity. When I come upon their brilliance, I want to stop what I’m doing and go join them in their adventure. […]
Noticing
An excerpt from Jack Kornfield’s The Wise Heart: “‘Eh,’ Ajahn Chah would peer at me when I was having a hard time, ‘caught in some state again?’ In the forest monastery we were constantly being directed both to look at consciousness itself and to precisely name the states that rose to fill it throughout the […]