Brewing in us at the start of a New Year is a desire to set new goals. We might memorialize these new plans in a dedicated journal; a practice that we believe will carve for us a brand new life. A feeling of excitement and optimism surges in us, but that feeling eventually ebbs away … Read more
Freud wrote that dreams are a “royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious,” This natural activity which we engage in is strong evidence of the power of our subconscious. Sometimes, our dreams leave a lasting impression. I had such a consequential dream on the dawn of the 4th of July. In the dream, I … Read more
This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still, treat each guest honourably. He may be … Read more