Yesterday, March 20th, was the first day of spring. At 4:28 a.m., Mountain Time, in the Northern Hemisphere, the earth turned and the days became longer.
Because of earth's ritual, and because I'm often drawn to moods of the seasons, I decided to have my own ritual on Sunday, March 19th, at 4:15 p.m., Mountain Time, in the Northern Hemisphere.
Read More"Spring is a time for the mind to expand, grow, burst its limits. The spirit hungers for information, knowledge, ideas. It wants to be educated--to be lead out of itself into new worlds of meaning and awareness."
Read MoreIt would be nice to know that with time, the doubts and fears that keep us from expanding will disappear. Maybe for some, they do. For me, though, and for many, what we come to acknowledge is this: Our fears are never truly going to leave us. They are a part of us, and in their own way, they have a job to do--to remind us of our mortality, our humility; to help us connect with other beings with true empathy.
Read MoreIn Montana, winter is often hard and long. Sometime around Christmas, I find myself growing nervous about the winter months ahead; January and February are often a season of struggle, of dogged persistence through a ragged landscape of grey weather and redundant daily routines.
Read MoreBegin where you are. Stare down the white wall that confronts you, and know that the only weapon you have against it are your words. At the very least, at the end of the day, you can say proudly, 'I wrote today'. (Even if that writing lies in torn strips at the bottom of the kitchen garbage can.)
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