Putting yourself first may seem selfish, but it's actually one of the most selfless things we can do. Until you have lavished upon yourself love, attention, kindness, sweetness, appreciation and rest, don't bother lavishing anyone else with what you don't have to offer them. Before setting off on a flight, the flight attendant will inform all passengers that in case of an emergency, they should place their own oxygen masks on before assisting others. Why should we do that? Isn't that a … [Read more...]

There is a moment, between sleep and wake, night and day, between the notes in a concerto, life and death, between the eyes of youth and old age...all unspoken, all unheard, yet certain; in the stillness of a stone or a whisper's breath in the wind and ice melting and water freezing or fire burning wood to ash...where things are both eternal yet, never last. I am this lasting. I am this fleeting...moment. My memory is like an old photo album in a baseboard attic. My mind is like a shattered … [Read more...]