Annelisa

There was an old tree stump in the middle of my yard. I’d been tripping over it for years. Despite knowing that it was there I would...

There are often times when I am aware of loneliness; times when I wonder if it will ever go away, if it will ever transmute into...

by Kahlil Gibran Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would ask now of Death. And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall...

Even though I sense an aliveness within, it is often difficult to access it because there are so many transparent, invisible remnants of...

The nature of inclusion, an all-pervading principle of the universe – means that available to me is a perpetual invitation to meet the...

Occasionally, during meditation or contemplation, an image will appear. Other times, a sign. A symbol. A symptom. An emotion. A feeling....

by Charles Eisenstein https://charleseisenstein.org/essays/the-banquet-of-whiteness/?_page=3

When I am triggered and my emotional world is on fire . . . When I am in victim mode, spiraling into shame, blame, and rage . . . When I...

Hopi Elder, 03/16/2020 "This moment humanity is going through can now be seen as a portal and as a hole. The decision to fall into the...

I have been deepening into what it means to “stay with” a difficult thought, feeling, or bodily sensation. It’s not the same as wallowing...

I frequently hear the word “empathy” used generally to describe a casual stance synonymous with “being nice.” It’s a word that risks...

by Naomi Shihab Nye Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a...

In each moment, the archetypal unfolding of beginnings and endings is being enacted within and around me. Old dreams, ideas and beings...

I’m afraid of being abandoned. I feel shame when I think I’m being rejected and not seen as I am. I love solitude, but I am terrified of...

by E.E. Cummings A poet is somebody who feels, and who expresses his feelings through words. This may sound easy. It isn’t. A lot of...