enlightenment

While in Sedona, AZ, I visited a Stupa, a Buddhist temple of which many sacred relics had been placed within as love offerings and sealed up. As I walked around the Stupa in prayer and thanksgiving, I could feel the sweet energy of the accumulation of love for this...

prayer

Growing up Catholic, prayer became just words. I attended a private school that sometimes included Church as part of our school day. The “Hail Mary” and the “Our Father”, where prayers that were said with a rosary (prayer beads) or just independently. I remember being...

why is vulnerability so scary?

Vulnerability is scary because we don’t know what’s on the other side of it. In my journey to vulnerability, I realized that if I gave up everything that I ever knew…in other words who I thought I was…I didn’t know who I would be. There was a part of me...

looking out into nothingness

As I sat looking out over the Pacific Ocean, all I could see was water, endless water. No human movement at all, no boats, no planes, no people in the water, just endless water. In its massive endless beauty, it just is. I am reminded of the peace and love that is...