When you lose touch with your inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.   Eckhart Tolle

How many of us grew up in less than happy homes? As children we remembered, for awhile, who we really were, but we thought that (unconsciously, of course) if I just vacuum all this unhappiness up, and deal with it later, then everyone will be happy? And, I remember who I am, so I can handle it.

The problem was that we vacuumed up all the unhappiness, thinking the family would be happier - but they werent! They stayed unhappy! But now you are carrying around their unhappiness in your ... READ MORE

New Years celebrations often include setting goals for the year, making New Years Resolutions, saying goodbye to the old and ringing in the new - oh, and drinking champagne. Fun, but most of us arent great at keeping our resolutions, and all too quickly get caught in our old hamster wheel of life. In fact, more often than not, our good intentions and resolutions end up making us feel worse about ourselves - because we have not lived up to our expectations. >/p>

I recently read a letter from one of my favorite authors in which she talked about choosing a word - just one word - before each new year, and using that word as a focus for ... READ MORE

I used to think I was part of the save the world team. I wanted to help heal as many people (and animals) as I could. I could feel the pain, the injustice, the suffering - and sometimes I would forget I could not take it all on by myself. That belief eventually evolved into realizing that I am part of a team - I am not the only one who wants to save the world. There are millions of us. It is not all on my shoulders. What a relief. But I was still stuck in the linear thinking that because there is suffering in the world, that I had to carry it and suffer also.

Then I started to realize that, paradoxically, the happier I am - the more I help to create happiness on ... READ MORE