When we pay attention to these small moments of light, we start to see that healing is possible, even if progress is slow or uneven. Glimmers remind us that we are not defined by our past or our pain, and that there is always the potential for growth and transformation.
Read MoreYou are allowed to take your time, although this may worry you—
you might look around, compare your progress to someone else's…
You don’t have to save the world. You don’t have to have all the answers. You only need one question: How can I help?
Read MoreI used to think the miracle of our story was the moment my mother decided to keep the pregnancy. Now I understand the true blessing was that she had the choice at all.
Read MoreI’m old enough to know better than to get a risky haircut on a whim, to know how long it takes to grow bangs out, to be certain that burgundy is indeed NOT my color, to know without a doubt that I will never, ever get my hair to curl the way my stylist does. But now I’m wondering: am I too old to take a good old fashioned risk?
Read MoreIn an era when a lot of emphasis is put on what is “essential,” I implore you not to give up on the romantic details. I'm not trying to give us all a free pass from real world work. Rather, I believe we must make space in our lives to do both.
Read MoreIt may turn out that we can't make things perfect, but we can still make them purposeful. We start by making up our minds firmly that we will.
Read MoreI want to help shape a kinder, more generous and honest American culture. Not in a way that ignores or gaslights pain and injustice, but in a way that faces it bravely, and asks,
“How can I help?”
Read MoreWe cannot change the mercurial nature of Life. We can make peace with impermanence, however, by cultivating a feeling of gratitude for the good things that come with hard changes, and the good things that remain throughout.
Read MoreRemember: you can maintain your sense of integrity without completely bulldozing the ideas and feelings of the other person. In fact, being able to hold another person’s beliefs in kindness should be integral to your sense of integrity.
Read Morelistening—and I mean real listening, without interrupting to say…
Read MoreI’m reminding myself: that fighting it only makes it stronger, gives it energy; that I won’t find any answers on the…
Read MoreWhether or not you’re a resolution maker, it’s hard not to be moved by the “fresh start'“ feeling the new year brings. If you’re sensing that impulse to start the year in a new and meaningful way…
Read MoreI started to realize how much I really liked him the day he convinced me to skip class to go to the beach with him…
Read MoreI didn’t plan on marriage. Some girls have wedding dress dreams. I had dreams of…
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