If your profile had a relationship status (with yourself), what would you put? For most of my life, it was “complicated”. While I was addicted to porn (1998-2008), for instance, part of me despised myself. Likewise, during the evolution of my first divorce, I just didn’t want to be me. Following my second divorce in 2013, … Continue reading Just the Way You Are
The other day, Lisa told me: "One lifetime with you isn't enough." 🥰 That might be the most loving thing anyone has told me! I share that, not only to celebrate our love and partnership, but also because I think it points to a life truth: YOU are an endlessly knowable, magical, miracle of amazingness. Words, titles, societal pressures, labels, … Continue reading Unwrapping the Gift of You
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you don't know how to act? One of the blessings of marrying Lisa was gaining three adult "kids" and seven grandchildren. The weird part, though, is having only been in their lives for a few years, we don't have a dad or granddad type of relationship, … Continue reading You Have Permission
I frequently shake my head in disbelief at how kind and caring my daughter is. When I was 14 my world revolved around sports, fun with friends, school, and girls. The loving kindness Lara shows toward everyone wasn't even on my radar until well into my adulthood! Why? How did she blossom so quickly? Like … Continue reading Meditation on Breathing Divinity, Seeing Beauty, Feeling Kindness, and Being Love
You are a mysterious, magical miracle. True story. The matter in your body is literally billions of years old, as all the hydrogen is from the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago, while the other atoms were forged in stars some 7-12 billion years ago. Yet, we're also super young, in that best as I … Continue reading Meditation on the Mysterious, Magical Miracle of Being Human
“Life isn’t fair.” I imagine you’ve heard and possibly said this refrain, but probably in a negative manner to explain why bad things happen when they shouldn’t. YET, what if was True in the most glorious and amazing way? What if we trusted and lived like the Universe was rigged in our favor, God is good … Continue reading How the Gratuitous Goodness of God Will Change Your Life and the World
"You're just yourself. Live with it. Here I am. I'm just me and all I can do is be me. That's the only thing I can do, and I can do it better than anybody else. If I don't do it, nobody will do it. So often we spend our lives trying to be other people. Yet … Continue reading Meditation on Realizing You’re Not a Mistake, But a Miracle
Grace and Peace Yoga 