A Bit of Homework for 2019

A Bit of Homework for 2019

My advice to you (and myself) in 2019: Knowing Yourself: Know your worth, know your limits, know your boundlessness, know your strengths, know your weaknesses, know your accomplishments, and know your dreams. Protecting Yourself: Be a mirror for all those who project...
Fleeting Moments of Fierce Clarity | A Poem

Fleeting Moments of Fierce Clarity | A Poem

FLEETING MOMENTS OF FIERCE CLARITY: Moving Mandala of the Soul by L.M. Browning Years spent defining this self —carving out the edges of this mind— the channels of this spirit. Now to take that sculpture of identity, which over time becomes the mask, and shatter it....
Know thy Self

Know thy Self

A Selection from Seasons of Contemplation: A Book of Midnight Meditations   There are so many things that distort our character. Fatigue, emptiness, anger, trauma, illness, addiction, the media… So many things are pulling on us—twisting us to become someone...
Wild Silence

Wild Silence

The following is featured in the spring 2015 edition of The Wayfarer.        “Simplify. Simplify.” –Henry David Thoreau Thoreau’s celebrated urging has become a modern necessity. Now more than ever, we must fight to preserve our...