"We need to be determined to achieve positive change, but also need to be able to take a long view of what needs to be done."Dalai Lama This week I have been thinking about the long view. Ancient hearts. 80 years of love and work. Summer vacations...

Once we know this instruction, we can put it into practice. Then it's up to us what happens next. Ultimately, it comes down to the question of just how willing we are to lighten up and loosen our grip. How honest do we want to be with ourselves. Pema...

I had planned on running for Hope Scarves for the third year in a row at the Kentucky Derby mini-Marathon this April, but like so many things the race was canceled. Unlike the mini, hope was not cancelled. As I train for the marathon I will run in Ja...

I thought this post would be a lamentation for this year's nonexistent summer vacation. After reading Cynthia Zarin's essay, "Fantasy Island," in which she describes a less than perfect summer vacation at a house on Swann Island, in Maine, my thought...