When people say "Let it go," what they really mean is "Get over it," and that's not a helpful thing to say. It's not a matter of letting...

Just for now, Without asking how, Let yourself sink into stillness. Just for now, lay down the weight You so patiently bear upon your...

I was the type of person, That held onto things too tight, Unable to release my grip, When it no longer felt right, And although it gave...

Dear Friends, The days are growing warmer and the longest day has come and gone. It's time to experience delight as cool breezes brush...

Morning Friends, Hope you are finding some joy and beauty in the sunshine and Spring flowers. How often are you able to be outside,...

The cosmos is filled with precious gems. I want to offer a handful of them to you this morning. Each moment you are alive is a gem,...

There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken, a shatteredness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow beyond...

Earth, teach me quiet — as the grasses are still with new light. Earth, teach me suffering — as old stories suffer with memory Earth ,...

It is a kind of love, is it not? How the cup holds the tea, How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare, How the floor receives the...

[Read during Sharpham Sit with Lucy, 19th April 2022] By Raymond Carver, an American poet who wrote this as his last entry in his diary:...

Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am not from the East or the...

Go gently today, don’t hurry or think about the next thing. Walk with the quiet trees, can you believe how brave they are—how kind? Model...

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let...

Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, “Love me.” Of course you do not do this out loud; otherwise, someone would call the...

There is no controlling life. Try corralling a lightning bolt, containing a tornado. Dam a stream and it will create a new channel. ...

This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an...

Ten thousand flowers in spring, the moon in autumn, a cool breeze in summer, snow in winter. If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary...

may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets of living whatever they sing is better than to know and if men should not...

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice— though the whole...

A single word can brighten the face of one who knows the value of words. Ripened in silence, a single word acquires a great energy for...