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As life fleets by, we can get caught up in worrying about what may eventually happen. Through a story of receiving her first senior discount, Sharon Salzberg teaches us to exercise our "letting-go muscle" to be with what is.
Tools for a more honest perspective on where we stand on the socioeconomic spectrum — and on rewriting the story we tell ourselves about how we got where we are, and what we can do for those less fortunate.
With the words of Rilke, an encouragement to ask life-giving questions and create new pathways.
With the elections next week, a story of forgiveness and redemption from a civil rights legend.
There will come a time in our lives when we will truly have only two hours to live. How lovely to greet that moment with no regrets, but with a sense of purpose, meaning, love, tenderness, and forgiveness.
To change another to better fit our own ideals is not love; it is domination. Instead, to truly love is to engage joyfully in our differences and to bring out the best in our unique potential — in personal relationships, and in community.
It’s not easy to genuinely know who we are. The stories others tell about us and the labels society heaps upon us only add to that confusion. But, when we disentangle ourselves from these narratives, we may choose courage over fear and take new risks.
Some fears are realistic; others are imaginary and insurmountable creations, fabrications of “free-floating hyperactivity of the mind.”
To find peace in a lack of answers can be unexpected — especially coming from a Bible scholar like Pastor Eugene Peterson.
Going through hardships gives us strength in the places we’d never thought to develop, spaces we didn’t know we’d occupy, room to reach beyond ourselves, toward others who are where we had been.
Life's tragedies can make the road ahead seem like a barren vista. But our losses can also clear space for courageous new beginnings.
When we succumb to the distractions of this life and the will of others, we must hold onto something. But what? Some questions to turn over and explore to guide you.
In her cohousing community in Oakland, our columnist is experiencing something all-too-rare: deep friendships across generations. What if we turned more actively to the wisdom — and plain old good company — of our neighbors, older and younger?
Parker Palmer offers up a remedy for feeling adrift: embracing surprise, and taking on sense of reverence to mystery.
Learning from our mistakes doesn't mean we have to obsess over our failures. Parker Palmer and Mary Oliver on the space nature provides for catharsis, so that we can move on to self-forgiveness.
Parker Palmer shares the poetry of a president: a testament to the healing power of words, and embracing the shadow and light within.
It’s difficult to find examples of nuanced disabled characters in literature. Marian Ryan writes about her experience becoming disabled in middle age and her search to find someone like herself in the world of books and movies around her.
There's much confusion between sympathy and empathy. Our columnist tells the story of a wise elder whose suffering led her to become a model for how to have a meaningful life.