“The Guest House” by Rumi This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each […]
Minister
A Christmas Blessing
The story tells of a woman heavy with child, traveling with her partner to be counted in a census declared by a distant ruler unaware of the lives disrupted or the life that is to come. May those in power open their minds and hearts to the impact of their actions on others, and […]
When the Holidays Aren’t Happy
We get many messages this time of year about the joy of the season. It is to be a happy time, filled with family and friends, fun and generosity. If you don’t feel these things, well then you must be a grinch! The reality is more complex, of course. In the second year of global […]
Showing Up
I’ve learned that sometimes the best thing you can do is to just show up. And I know that sometimes that is a challenge and a stretch. When I learned from a colleague that the local mosque had been the victim of a hate crime and that there would be a vigil to show […]
Healthy
Transformation doesn’t happen in a linear way. It happens in cycles, convergences, explosions. If we release the framework of failure, we can realize that we are in iterative cycles, and we can keep asking ourselves—how do I learn from this? From Emergent Strategy by adrienne marie brown This month we explore the third word in […]
