Nothing makes you happy (yay!)

Nothing makes you happy (yay!)

Nothing makes me happy.⁣Not because I’m an unhappy person.⁣But because happiness isn’t caused by anything.⁣Not by a new car, a week in Greece, or the best hair-day you’ve ever had.⁣⁣The only reason these things seem to cause happiness is because temporarily, the mind...
Anyway.

Anyway.

You probably don’t score your business and life a 10 right now.⁣⁣Your kids are in that difficult phase. ⁣Money’s a bit tight. ⁣So are your jeans.⁣⁣There’s always something you wish for.⁣And something you’d rather burn to the ground. ⁣⁣But what would change if...
Life never made a deal with you

Life never made a deal with you

Earlier this year, there was a situation that triggered fears around health. All sorts of thoughts came by. Not the usual second-hand recycled nonsense, but fresh ones. Fears passed through, too, both ‘old’ and ‘new’. I looked. Noticed. Felt....
Life is an all-inclusive trip

Life is an all-inclusive trip

I used to have an ulterior motive for my interest in all things spiritual: I wanted to transcend my humanity. Humanity was, in my eyes, a failed experiment. Here we were, after all these years, still fighting, going to war, raping the planet and each other … How...
This moment is newer than the next

This moment is newer than the next

For years, September felt like a new beginning.⁣Probably because in the past, it was the start of a new school year.⁣A blank slate.⁣An empty schedule. ⁣Empty notebooks.⁣The anticipation of what newness those would be filled with.⁣The curiosity about what I would...