“Alone, alone. I am alone — I ache … Yet for the first time, despite all the anguish and the reality problems, I’m here. I feel tranquil, whole, ADULT.” ~Susan Sontag “That yearning inside you that seeks for fulfillment — does it still burn?” ~John Geddes Image Credit: M. T ElGassier on Unsplash What do you yearn for?  To yearn… Continue reading How to Yearn & Expect Things: A Non-Spiritual Guide to Growing up

“We can see that our thoughts are unbidden, impersonal, painful. Out of compassion for ourselves we can feel their danger. “Like rotten garbage,” says the Buddha, “we can put them down.” (Jack Kornfield) photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash I have a dog that I walk every day, twice a day. He and I are intimately… Continue reading Mindful Resistance: Take Back Your Self-Worth