Stories of the Journey Home

The King was desperate. His family suppers were driving him to distraction. All the bickering, backstabbing and rivalry. When would this family learn to start treating each other with consideration and respect? He had tried putting things in the food, … Continue reading →

I’ve been aware of my tendency to over-plan my life for a while now, but lately it’s becoming clearer to me what sits at the root of this habit. The deepest longing I know is to give to life: to … Continue reading →

My friend Annika walks the slack line. It’s a length of flat webbing strung between two trees in her garden and it teaches her all about presence. Why presence? Because Annika struggles to meditate. Sitting still makes her nervous, but … Continue reading →

For thousands of years our ancestors would tell stories about the Great Mystery. On every continent, and in every climate where humans had learned to survive, the stories they told addressed the question “how did we get here?” That’s such … Continue reading →

If everyone on the planet were happy and content, it would not be about food. Having enough food would cure hunger, but it would not create happiness and contentment. If all humans could be free of war and other scourges, … Continue reading →

Here is a story that rocked me to the core. Some of its images have stayed with me ever since I first received it last summer. It addresses shame, which in my experience one of the hardest emotions to identify … Continue reading →

Before the modern age, a person’s course in life was defined by what their parents had done. All of that’s changed now, of course: a very familiar trope in Hollywood movies involves the protagonist saying “No, Dad! I don’t want … Continue reading →

When the lockdown started, the words I often heard people using were “scary” and “frightening”. A few weeks later the word pinging around in my inbox was “bizarre”. Currently it looks like “the new normal” might be the phrase. I’m … Continue reading →

The current crisis asks me to live as if what is mine today might be gone tomorrow. It invites me to find my peace with uncertainty by raising my inner game. Two essential questions get stirred up by all this: … Continue reading →

Here’s a story for children all about that within us which cannot be destroyed. It tells of a girl whose hair cannot be cut. Although creating havoc in her family and early relationships, this strangely resilient (and eventually very long!) … Continue reading →