Going Deepak

The great thing about someone behaving in a rather childish, petty fashion that momentarily pisses you off is being able to read, ingest really, Deepak Chopra:All problems contain the seeds of opportunity, and this awareness allows you to take the moment and transform...

Sunny steps

A spring-like day in New York. I’m walking down the street. A guy walks by me.”You’re looking gooooood, baby,” he says, low-key and nonchalant. He keeps walking, doesn’t look back.”Why, thank you, baby,” I say with — I...

The pulpit within

It was almost spooky, really, listening to a message at church this morning that echoed so much of what I posted right here yesterday. It was about illumination and going within and it was delivered by the Rev. August Gold with just the right punch of directness,...

Illumination from within

There are these people in life. They shine their spotlight on individuals who they attract into their lives, who in their own way they love. They watch those individuals thrive as the “light” brings out a side of them that is carefree and adventurous, easy...

To memoir or not to memoir

For some reason I had to process this whole James Frey and Oprah thing for 24 hours before expressing myself on it. Now I feel ready.I read A Million Little Pieces in the fall and loved it. I blogged about it. I talked about it. It’s a phenomenal book. It...