Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa – all are holidays celebrated with lights. There are many who have written about the lovely symbolism of points of light in the dark. But on this longest night of the year, I’m reflecting on the blessings of darkness. We speak of hibernating mammals as though they were species separate and… Read More »
Half-time
“In the game of life, there is nothing less important than the score at half-time.” I’ve not been able to find a source for this quote, but how wise it is. I no longer believe in coincidences and therefore, when this quote came into my awareness this past week, I greeted it like an old… Read More »
It’s About Progress, Not Perfection
Are you disappointed in yourself for not making more progress on your New Year’s resolutions? Are you chastising yourself for carrying extra weight or falling off your exercise regimen? Are you frustrated because your to-do list is growing rather than getting shorter? Consider this… A monk was assigned to build a brick wall for… Read More »
Counting my Blessings
I’ve completed my training as a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine! Next I face the challenge of creating a practice that will place Nature’s medicine into the world. At this juncture, though, I am moved to stop and recognize all the blessings I have received – still receive – that have enabled me to come this… Read More »
Midway
I suppose the lesson of my second year in med school was that there is blessing in frustration. What frustrations there were: so many tests in school that there was little time to learn, feeling so small in view of how much there is to know, too little time to fully and committedly connect with… Read More »