As an inlet cannot close itself to the sea that shapes it, the heart can only wear itself open. - Mark Nepo Against our will years pass. The years pass. Children mark time. Seasons mark time. Death marks time. Embracing the passage of time is as na...

We need to count by touching not by adding and subtracting. - Mark Nepo Counting by Touching We begin when we count by touching. Our capacity to begin is a gift. Fresh starts. Do overs. Clean slates. We can begin again and again and again. The onl...

We share the climb with those who come before, are here with us right now, and those who will be here after we pass from this earth. We stand on shoulders. We stand on all kinds of shoulders. We stand on the shoulders of those who have sacrificed f...

Live deep enough and there is only one direction. - Mark Nepo What is living in one direction? There are many names for our one direction - our path, our still small voice, our truth, our north star, our compass, our calling, our light, perhaps even ...