BE: Real

April 10, 2020

LET’S BE REAL: WE KNOW WE ARE BETTER THAN WHAT HISTORY SHOWS WE HAVE DONE.

So let’s be real: It’s time to show up as our better selves.

Let’s be real: Reconnecting with those better selves IS how we help other.

And let’s be real: We’d all better get cracking.

Because let’s be real: This world and our fellow human beings need us all to BE OUR BETTER SELVES ASAP.

So let’s be real together: Let’s love this world whole by living Love.

Because Love IS the only Reality.

Loving is the only way we can BE real.

And Love. Heals.

Let’s BE Real together. Let’s #LoveViral

BE: Easy

April 9, 2020

Be Easy. Easy like Sunday morning. Another simple stealth way of living Love. A heart-centered practice that can shift things for you and others. Try being easy. Easy like Sunday morning. Even now. Especially now. #LoveViral

BE: Nice

April 8, 2020

When I was younger, if you had told me that one of the highest compliments I would receive is being called nice, I would have been horrified.

Nice? I thought. Meh! More than meh, actually. Nice was vanilla. More than vanilla, actually. Nice was scraping the bottom of the barrel.

I wanted to be interesting, intelligent, creative, talented. Nice? Nice is what you are, I thought then, if you’re not interesting, intelligent, creative or talented. Nice was almost an insult.

The older I get, however, the more I’ve come to realize just how underrated nice is. . .and just how necessary.

That’s why today’s heart-centered practice is BE: Nice.

BE: We

April 7, 2020

When we practice, we shift out of focusing on a problem we have to living as if we are already the solution. We shift of out fear of lack into living Love.

And that’s why this practice can help heal the world. BE: We.

Live as if you are not some separate human will focused on your agenda. You’re not separate and if you believe that your agenda is separate from that of the rest of us and the animals and trees and fish and birds, then this isn’t going get any better.

Live as if every single person on the planet — let me repeat this part, because it’s huge — every single person on the planet NO EXCEPTIONS — is as lovable and deserving of love and life as you. And then send love to them like you would yourself.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Love your neighbor as much as you wish your neighbor would love you. Even if they have a sign up in your front yard that you disagree with. Even if they play loud music. Love them as you wish they would love you.

To BE WE, we have to SEE WE. We have to see ourselves in one another. And we have to practice this every single day.

We’re at the 11th hour here, folks. We need to get cracking

BE: Patient

April 6, 2020

We live in an instant gratification two-day delivery world. We want it, we get it. Even if we have to go into debt to do it. Even if what we want isn’t good for us. And certainly with precious little thought about whether what we want is or isn’t good for someone else our planet.

This is what we all need to learn how to change!

When we are patient, we learn to wait without complaint. To do this is a game changer.

BE: True

April 5, 2020

When I was a little girl, the idea of Truth was so comforting to me. It was logical. If something was true, I could relax. No need to try to be right or argue for my point. Truth was truth. And that was that. What a relief to a kid trying to “become someone” in a world that didn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense.

Growing up watching news reports of the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, reading about pollution and how people hurt animals and other people, sometimes I struggled to understand how to find peace with it all, let alone understand where I fit in.

But when I remembered that there was something Greater than everything that seemed to be going on on the television and in the newspapers, it was as if my whole being breathed a giant sigh of relief. When I remembered the Truth that Love was Everything, then everything felt okay again.

BE: Steadfast

April 4, 2020

Steadfast ins’t a word we hear or use a lot these days.

Well, today, we’re gonna change that!

Steadfast means resolutely firm and unwavering. Immovable.

And that's what we need to be in our heart-centered practice of Love. World-class athletes practice every single day. The world needs us to become world-class Love practitioners by practicing Love, leaning into Love. This is the Love that heals our world! Let's be steadfast in Love for one another and our world! #LoveViral #Loveheals

BE: Gentle

April 3, 2020

BE: Gentle.

Be gentle with others who are having challenging days.

Be gentle with yourself if you do not show up to your day, to another person, to an encounter, to your spiritual practice, to anything as you hoped you would.

Be gentle with your goals and expectations today.

Be gentle with your children, your animals, your family, your friends.

Be gentle with the world however you experience it.

BE: Calm

April 2, 2020

In order to engage today’s heart-centered practice — BE: Calm — I need you to do one thing for me. I need you to turn the news off for 24 hours.

I’ll tell you what I told the gentleman on the phone yesterday. If there’s something you need to know, I guarantee you someone will call and tell you. If there’s a meteor hurtling toward your house, you’ll get a call. If the next directive is to rush out and buy shoelaces to save your soul, someone will text you. So turn off the news for 24 hours. Don’t look or listen or read the news. At. All.

And then commit to taking two minutes every hour or so to sitting still and closing your eyes and breathing, to petting your dog or cat, to looking out the window at the sky, to having a cup of tea and just sitting still.

To Being CALM.

Calm, the dictionary tell us, is not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.

Well, if the news is bombarding us with things intended to make us feel nervous or angry or other strong emotions, it’s a heck of a lot harder to be calm.

So turn off that news.

BE: Still

April 1, 2020

Today’s practice is BE STILL.

To be still is to practice deep silence and calm.

Let’s practice being still when we’re anxious. Still when we’re afraid. Still when we feel that doing is the only thing that will distract us. Still when we want to be distracted. Still when we’re irritated. Still when we’re antsy. Still when we wish this was all over. Still when we can’t imagine how we can keep going. Still when we’re grieving. AND let’s practice being still when we’re elated and hopeful and healing and grateful and walking and running and waking up and going to sleep and eating and crying and laughing and talking.

Why? Because to learn to be still is to understand that deep within each of us is a Wellspring of Love from which all calm, grace, peace, confidence, hope, healing, and love is born and manifests. It is our disconnection from this Wellspring that has seemingly disconnected us from one another and our world. It is what has sent us off on wild goose chases and hunting for Holy Grails. It is what has caused us to believe that war is necessary and our neighbor could ever be our enemy.

So to practice being STILL is to reconnect with the Love that will heal.