Foundation

Trees are majestic. They can be enormous, ancient, twisted, scarred, perfectly straight, or bent by years of wind. Some are full and symmetrical. Others look as though half of them has been torn away. Yet there is no pretense about them. No ego trying to outdo the tree rooted beside them. No pride worrying about

Not every thought is a responsibility, and not every fear is a prediction. Sometimes peace begins when we notice what the mind is doing and choose not to follow it everywhere.

The Swing: How Spiritual Practice Changes Us

I spent years waiting for certainty before I committed to anything. Eventually I learned that peace may begin not with knowing for sure, but with being willing to walk through a door.

Meditation made sense to me with my eyes closed. The harder question was whether I could carry that same practice into the other 980 minutes of the day.

Peace can feel easier to find in the mountains, beside the water, or somewhere far from ordinary life. The deeper question is how to bring some of that peace home with us.