Earlier this week, my appearance on Julia Duthie’s podcast People Are Everything dropped, and I listened to it in its entirety, which I think is the first time I’ve ever listened to a whole podcast episode that I’ve been a part of. And I’m really happy with how it turned out. If you’ve never listened to Julia’s podcast, I highly recommend it, and I also recommend thinking about the question she asks every guest. Each episode, Julia guides her guest through a conversation that explores the...

“Around us, life bursts with miracles--a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings. When we are tired and...

“I can complain because rosebushes have thorns or rejoice because thornbushes have roses.” -Sir John Templeton Perspective is powerful. Just like in Templeton’s example, nearly every situation you will find your Self in, you will have the opportunity to see thorns on a rosebush or roses on a thornbush. It’s your choice—which will you choose? See you tomorrow and keep pursuing, JC