How can you help?

Whose burden might you ease today?

Whose heavy heart could you lift up

with a simple act of kindness?

What might you do to lighten

the dark corners of our world?

Holding out hope

Whenever dark clouds, gathering on the horizon,

seem destined to extinguish hope, or joy,

we hold within our hearts trust and awareness

that light waits just beyond the cross and cave;

that flowers lost to winter’s cold

will break through crusts of earth and bloom again.

What will you radiate?

From each of us there flows a radiance:

of hope, of love, of anger, sadness, pain...

whatever energy absorbs us spills out in waves,

affecting — or infecting — those around us.

What influence will you radiate today?

Go ahead: lie back and howl!

Some days you just need to lie on your back and howl.

Don’t be embarrassed or ashamed:

Give yourself permission to feel what you feel.

Let it out; let it go — you’re only human!

Why isn't compassion automatic?

The people who seek shelter in this pink house,

behind these bars, are human, too:

like us, they hunger for joy and an end to suffering;

They know the pain of loss

and pray for inner peace just as we do.

Why is it that we humans are so determined

to ignore our common humanity?

Why isn’t compassion as natural as breathing?

The surest signs of aging

What keeps us young is curiosity,

a welcoming of possibility.

The surest sign of aging is a refusal

to look beyond the path you’ve always trod;

to drop the burdens you’ve decided you must carry;

to set aside your prejudice and open to the light.

You are never alone

Whether you have chosen solitude

or had it thrust upon you, uninvited,

you are never truly alone:

The earth is there to support you,

the sky to inspire you,

and the hills to invite you

to imagine a future full of possibility.