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Stand tall and proud Sink your roots deeply into the Earth Reflect the light of your true nature —Ivan Shamir, Advice from a Tree   Today on my nearly daily walk at a local wildflower preserve, I was struck by the profusion of native flowers:  violets, skunk cabbage, red bud all in bloom.  The whole [...]

  “…When love came to the door of India, that door was opened wide.” —Rabindranath Tagore Early morning, on the Indian Railways, the world’s largest, the sun rose, a golden rose-hued globe over the haze and fields of wild mustard, on our way to the Taj Mahal. We were a group of 17 women from [...]

“Tell me, what do you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? -–Mary Oliver from The Summer Day   Mary Oliver points to a critical question.  This is a professional question, a geographical question, a moral question, a spiritual question.  How we spend our moments affect how we spend out lives. There [...]

Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in weakened broth…. —Naomi Shihab Nye, from Kindness As we enter the season of kindness, I can find myself lost in a sea of self-imposed obligations, getting into the frenzy of shopping for unwanted gifts [...]

Gratitude  opens us in unexpected ways and supports our work in the world.  I  recall the many, many small and large reasons for feeling grateful: good health, family and friends, significantly rewarding work, and so much more.   This type of remembering is more readily available on special occasions, like Thanksgiving Day,  and we know [...]

Together the American electorate gave a decisive victory for President Barack Obama, defeating Mitt Romney.  Edging out Romney in the battleground states of Ohio and  Florida, for example, was only part of the story. The 113th Congress will have a record-breaking 19 female senators, including the first openly gay senator.  New Hampshire likewise made history, [...]

The term mindfulness is popping up everywhere, and for good reason. Mindfulness meditation, the practice of nonjudgmental awareness of what is happening inside and around us in the present moment, is innate to every person, and may be the key to helping legal services lawyers regain greater balance, resilience, and happiness.  The 2500 year old [...]

Always in the deep woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread.  It is an ancient fear of the unknown and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into.  [...]