Radical Wonder
Awareness of the divine begins with wonder. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel I sit in a café and watch a little girl play with her toys. ‘Wow!’ Her voice is filled with wonder. She’s focused, she’s smiling, and her eyes are…
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Strong Back. Soft Front. Wild Heart.
True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are. Brené Brown. Strong Back. Soft Front. Wild Heart. These words summarise a life-long journey of learning to be vulnerable and learning to stand up…
Less Scrolling. More Showing Up
Social media are great for developing community, but for true belonging, real connection and real empathy require meeting real people in a real space in a real time. Brené Brown Braving the Wilderness Chapter Six: Hold Hands. With Strangers.…
Chapter Three–The Infinite Power of Showing Up
A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as…
Write Around the World: It’s Cold Out There
We can’t have moral obligations to every single person in this world. We have moral obligations to those who we come up against, who enter into our moral space, so to speak. That means neighbors, people we deal with, and…
Write Around the World: Waiting for Summer
What a privilege it is to open up to inspiration, discard the cloak of fear, put your face toward the sun, and bloom. Elaine Fraser It’s spring here in the USA and that means daffodils, tulips and the first gold-green leaves…