An unlikely spring poem from Mary Oliver turns the dazzling darkness of nature into a lesson on embodying simple gratitude for the gifts we're offered each moment.
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A recent college graduate embarks on a 4,000-mile walking trek across the United States. His only goal is to listen. A powerful story of encounter and lending a kind and judgment-free ear, even when it frightens him.
The celebrated Jewish-Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist offers a metta, or lovingkindness meditation for ourselves, our loved ones and strangers far and near.
Witnessing the faint smile of her dying mother, the daughter of Haitian-Creole parents reflects on why she's been writing about death and grief ever since — and the cathartic edge of the Book of Revelation and C.S. Lewis.
Can we learn to be tender even if we can’t fix each other’s pain? How would our world be different if men had permission to be vulnerable in public?
Wounds do not heal simply with the passing of time, but time does give us the tools to endure them. On learning to live with the unimaginable.
Do trees photosynthesize the soul as well as sunlight? With a poem by W.S. Merwin, an appreciation for trees and the spiritual wisdom they impart.
In an age of never-ending digital connectedness, we feel more lonely — and more isolated — than ever before. But what possibilities emerge when people with different identities come together face-to-face and gather around the dinner table?
There may not be one magic key to successful relationships. But it helps for us to share this goal: to have our partners' back, no matter what chaos life throws our way.
Is it enough to be tolerant of each other? Omid Safi yearns for more, and imagines a more loving embrace of our diversity.
It's a hard time to be human. But that doesn't mean our good work has no value. Parker and Ellen Bass on the beautiful paradox of our smallness and our consequence in the world.
Lovingkindness isn't a sweet and soft thing. It's a rigorous transformation of mind and spirit, and it's the first step to cultivating a sense of connection to those around us.
Creating a false division between life and work has its own pitfalls.
The Japanese art of kintsugi — repairing cracks in pottery with gold — gives a new perspective on how healing and illuminating our own flaws can lead to a more nourishing wholeness.
The human soul is a thing to name and celebrate, no matter how we understand its fickle, mysterious nature.
College rejection and acceptance letters are in the post this time of year. Our columnist drops truth on how rejection can teach us to find value in ourselves, and not in the affirmation of the decision-making process of an admissions department.
A tribute to Maya Angelou for her birthday — with a reflection on her poem "Still I Rise," a fiery assertion of self.
Fifty years ago today, on April 4, 1967, a reluctant Martin Luther King stood in Riverside Church in New York. Omid Safi on the promise of that moment and where we are today.
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