Listening heals and unites us. Here are some ways to do it better.
Texts, tweets, emails. Phone calls. Notifications and alerts. Posts and shares. Likes. Comments. It’s incessant. All day, every day, we’re bombarded by data, interruptions, information. Everyone has an opinion or a share. There’s a lot of noise, a lot of talking. But listening? That’s harder to find, and listening –in many ways—is the most important […]
How — and why– to savor the tedious (laundry pile included)
How to make each moment count — this has been the overarching focus of my columns so far this year. Maybe it’s because of COVID-19, but it has been abundantly clear to me lately that life is short, and nothing is guaranteed. So, I want to live with that in mind. I want to be […]
Try this to be more present and start savoring your life
Have you ever noticed how strangely difficult it can be to just be right here, right now? Not recalling the past. Not considering what’s next. Not analyzing, judging, storytelling or narrating, but simply being here, purely in the moment, in a soft and open way. It’s a completely different mode from what we’re used to […]
To make things better, start right here
It’s painfully easy to miss out on life. We run around, busily doing, doing, doing, in perpetual pursuit of the next moment, the next day, the next bite, the next task. We so rarely stop. But in not stopping—in staying on the treadmill—we miss out on a lot. This has been abundantly clear to me […]