Excerpt from “Keep Going or The Art of Perseverance”

Joseph Marshall III, Lakota writer, historian, teacher. “A young man asked his grandfather why life had to be so difficult sometimes. This is the old man’s reply. “Grandfather says this: ‘In life there is sadness as well as joy, losing as well...

Let Your Light Shine: The Path to Collective Healing and Love

Things are not always as they seem. And in our life, we may have the tendency to jump to conclusions or go by appearances. Yet, many truths are hidden and need to be revealed. Our inner guidance needs to be attuned to as it is not always obvious. Yet when we are open...

To those I love and those who love me

When I’m gone, let me go!Let me go.For I have so much to do and see!Don’t cry when you think of me!Be grateful for the beautiful yearsDuring which I gave you my love!You can only guessThe happiness you’ve brought me!I thank you for the love everyone...

Our life is like a river

Pierre’s final blog shares thoughts from his book Et ainsi coule la riviere (and thus flows the river) published in French in 2022. “It’s the positive energy we put into the events of our lives that ensures that, like the meandering river, we always...

Mending the World

CAC teacher Mirabai Starr writes of Judaism’s affirmation of tikkun olam—human participation in the world’s restoration: There is a kabbalistic story in which the boundless, formless, unified Holy One wished to know its Holy Self, and so it contracted and poured...