Surrendering

Surrender is the discovery that we are in a river of love and that we float without having to do anything. —David Benner, Surrender to Love   Father Richard Rohr considers how surrendering is simply accepting the reality that we are not in control:  If we cannot...

How Forgiveness Changes You and Your Brain

Excerpt from  https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_forgiveness_changes_you_and_your_brain “Forgiveness … does not mean condoning or endorsing anything that was done that caused harm to you. Forgiving also does not necessarily involve trying to reconcile...

Accepting myself completely

The March blog is a translation of a text written by Pierre which he used to share with participants in some of his personal development workshops. As of today, I’ve decided to start/continue with the process of accepting myself totally, as I am, with no...

A Blessing for Political Leaders

Hatsat Abiola, a Nigerian activist, says to us: “Guard your light and protect it. Move it forward into the world and be fully confident that if we connect light to light to light and join the lights together of the one billion young people in our world today, we will...

I choose joy over judgment, creativity over slumbering in the mundane, and kindness over criticism

by Mara Branscombe* Comment from Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com: The greatest gift we have received is the gift of choice, or what is also known as free will. We can choose to be kind, or not. We can choose to be loving, or not. It’s always our...