Change. The only constant. I closed my eyes for a moment to rest and was lulled into a dream. Months later I awoke to discover that I was a different man and far from home. The journey brought me to where it all began. Where I began. My origin. Last year was a whirlwind. I was immersed in a profoundly…
Reflecting back upon my life, I had spent so much of it living in my head, replaying the past, worrying about the future, and rarely able to be completely present. I turned to various distractions to give myself a temporary reprieve from my thoughts, but at best I was substituting internal noise with external noise, and at worst I was numbing…
The other day I was exchanging messages with a lovely soul I connected with recently, someone who has touched me deeply and is dear to me, but who lives much further from me at this time than I would like. In our communication, I offered a wishful thought of being in the same physical space at that moment, to which…
For those of you experiencing winter right now, the often cold and dreary days are ever so gradually beginning to grow longer and the anticipation of spring lifts our spirits. The darkness of winter—when animals and plants tend to enter a state of dormancy—invites us into stillness and reflection. As we slow down and go inward we become more present…
Last December I spent ten days in the Yawanawán village of Mutúm deep in the Brazilian Amazon jungle in the state of Acre. It was in the midst of the rainy season, meaning that much of the ground was wet, muddy, or underwater. Within the first day there I put away my Chaco sandals and pretty quickly resolved to stay…
I woke up the other morning to sunlight peeking into my bedroom through the slender space between the curtains and the window frames. As I pulled back the curtains, my room flooded with warm, comforting light. I scanned the yard and took in the fallen leaves that have carpeted the thirsty earth, the stack of firewood that awaits fast approaching…
