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Let go of judgment: five tips for letting love in

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing, and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. –Rumi We humans categorize, name, and label things to make sense of the world: clouds are white, the sun is warm, dogs are furry, crackers are crunchy, roses emit an odor. We attach names to things and group them [...]

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To Japan, with love and chopsticks

In separateness lies the world’s great misery, in compassion lies the world’s true strength. ~Buddha Last Saturday, I watched the news about the earthquakes and tsunami more times than I can count. Each time, I watched until I could stand it no more. I grabbed a tissue to dry my eyes, shut the TV off, [...]

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Kids Today! What’s Wrong With Them?

We are dangerous when we are not conscious of our responsibility for how we behave, think and feel. —Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life It was a warm weekend in May back in 1976, and school was almost over. I was in 8th grade going to 9th, and I was really pumped up [...]

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Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones But Words Can Hurt Much Worse

I spend a lot of time observing my thoughts. Whether I’m meditating, driving, waiting for sleep to come, walking, or doing routine tasks around the house, I watch them. I don’t necessarily engage with them; I simply pay attention to what comes up. It’s a meditation or mindfulness thing I do in many situations, not [...]

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Bullies Aren’t Born That Way–They’re Made

In sixth grade, I became aware of a girl—let’s call her Gina—who seemed troubled. It was my first year on the “big kid” school bus that brought all of us “valley” kids up to town to go to school, and it took at least a half-hour or more, depending on how far out you lived. [...]

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