Parvati
Why Opening to the Gift of Patience Has the Power to Light Up Our Holiday
I have been thinking a lot about patience this year. Perhaps you have too, as we have had to adjust to life in repeated lockdowns and ongoing social distancing. Patience may feel like a skill we are challenged to develop, or a kind of self-imposed control. Yet perhaps it is deeper and more natural than …
How to Find Light in a Dark Time When You Feel Thwarted
Out of work, away from family and friends, and off our usual routines: this is not where most of us were expecting to be in December 2020. A year ago, no one knew that we were on the verge of a global pandemic. In the wake of cancelled plans, social distancing, and financial turbulence, as …
How Forgiveness is an Anti-Virus to Heal Our Hearts
What role does forgiveness play in your life? Do you quickly and naturally return to peace after a painful incident? Do you try to act forgiving, when all the while you feel knotted up inside? Or do you act out in anger fueled by pain? If we wish to feel more at ease within ourselves …
Three Practices You Can Do Right Now to Feel Connection, Healing and Forgiveness When You've Been Hurt
As several parts of the world are back in lockdown with another wave of COVID-19, in the northern hemisphere the days are increasingly short and dark. Even while Nature is introverted, the skies are dim and we are in isolation, we can discover a light that never ceases for renewed hope and energy. We are …
To Forgive, Begin with These Three Steps to See the Situation in a New Light
How do you forgive when you feel hurt? Last week, I shared some of what I have learned about the process of forgiveness. This week, I would like to begin to share some practical steps you can take to find forgiveness that I will reveal over the coming weeks. They begin with the willingness to …
How Forgiveness Heals Your Old Feelings of "Not Enough"
While individually and collectively we have faced many challenges in 2020, I take comfort in knowing that interest in forgiveness has increased this year. For example, the Global Forgiveness Initiative reports that their website has had more visitors than ever. People are looking for freedom from pain. But what is forgiveness, really? The topic of …
After the Polls Close, Reclaim Your Power to Vote for Love in Every Moment
Now that one of the most bitter elections in American history, watched by the whole world, draws to a close, where do we go from here? Even as many are celebrating now with joy and relief, others are disappointed and angry. Beneath all this, there is a deep pain of antagonism that seems to pervade …
How Love Transforms Ourselves and Our World When We Understand What It Really Is
What is love? Is it the butterflies in our stomach we may get when thinking about someone? Is it a sentimental feeling about an adorable child? Or is it something beyond these? What can love do that our regular will cannot, and how do we access and live by that power? There is a poignant …
