I thought I had Discovered myself Within a place That resonated with my Vision and my Passion I went there to be loved and accepted Only to be misunderstood and rejected I created a place To love and To accept and To discover and To understand And I invited my Friends and my Future friends and my Foes to come to my Place And to Be there and to Be themselves so that they Could be, just be And to become And to believe that They could be Loved and accepted too. #acceptance #love

The concept of mindfulness has become popularized in recent years as a result of the work of many teachers, writers, and practitioners. And I am very grateful! Being more aware of who we are and what we do, living in the moment, and being intentional about our thoughts and actions are all integral to leading a meaningful and purposeful life. But it isn’t enough. Without a full and open heart to center and connect our mind to something greater than ourselves, whether it be com

I had never been in a blasting zone before, nor had I even heard of them. But on a recent road trip through six states, I traveled through five blasting zones that were strikingly marked with orange warning signs. The blasting zones are created to clear grass, trees, hills, and other earthly formations to make room for highway expansions. It is the process of permanently removing lush, lovely goodness to promote, in theory, movement, speed, and economic progress. Similarly, w

Inauthenticity is a faint, futile fugue that robs life of its mystery and meaning. Yet, social survival compels us to hide, to shift, and to manipulate who we are for ironically what we perceive to be our own benefit within that system. Yet it is us who suffers, our spirits depleted and our dreams unfulfilled. We have doubly deceived ourselves. Eventually, sooner for some and later for others, we come to a point in our lives when we recognize that self-acceptance and genuine