TweetRecently Mary Oliver’s poem, “In the Storm,” landed in my inbox.  In the poem, Oliver took a remarkable scene from nature — acts of kindness between birds in a storm......

TweetOn this #Mindfulness Monday, we focus on the beauty in the ordinary. Though ordinary things and actions are often overlooked or discounted, they often form the foundation for everything that......

TweetLike a ball kicked high into the sky, this story and poem lifted my spirits today.  While I’ve read Rilke’s poem, “All will come again into its strength” many times......

TweetCapulet: But, soft! What day is this? Paris: Monday, my lord.* *Yes, taken out of context… but hard to resist. I hope you’ll forgive me. Today is Shakespeare’s birthday. Or at......

Tweet#MindfulnessMondays: Today’s poem, “Don’t Listen to Them,” comes from Talib, one of the poets in “The Untold Story of the Real Me: Young Voices from Prison.” I was particularly taken......

TweetWhether it’s making it through this long winter, the political climate, or just the ebbs and flows of the year, we all could use extra resilience, grit and determination. In......

TweetI have to admit that sometimes when I realize it’s time (or past time) to create the week’s #Mindfulness Mondays post, I wonder, what have I’ve gotten myself into? Do......

Tweet Last week, Helen Mirren read an excerpt from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ulysses” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. It is a masterful reading of a powerful and poignant......

TweetThis morning I was running late and so was rushing to get a poem posted for #Mindfulness Mondays. (And yes, I do see the irony in that.)  I opened my......

Tweet Sometimes it can be difficult to know how to find the space – in our day, in our mind, in our heart – to be quiet, to be mindful. ......