Saturn teaches us patience, discipline, and the cycles of the land. We don’t push rose seeds into the frozen ground in winter, forcing them to grow; they will not grow, it is not their time. And we will only get frustrated or hopeless for no reason at all. It...
I am a dreamer. What’s possible or impossible is not my business – it is up to God and nature. But what is up to me is to keep dreaming, keep imagining, keep trusting and believing, keep working towards it and keep persevering, and do the best I can along...
I go to a box, tucked away in my closet. I open the box. Inside it, a hundred handwritten letters. Letters I’ve received, letters I’ve written, emotions and thoughts and inner worlds expressed through the beauty and richness of words – emotions and...
Today let’s talk about a question I recently received, “Are prayer and meditation the same? What is the difference between them?” In short – no, they are not the same. While both experiences share many similarities and play important roles in...
Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh once said, “If I have to choose between peace and Buddhism, I choose peace.” This is called spiritual maturity. Thich Nhat Hanh’s statement is beautiful, meaningful and powerful, and he explained that it is very...
