If instead of trying to change our lives by hammering them into any kind of predetermined shape, we instead attend to the inner rhythm of our days and of our lives, we get a whole different sense of our own human and divine presence. What I’m suggesting is that we work with the idea of mindfulness rather than the idea of will. If you understand that your soul knows the geography of your destiny and that your soul alone has the map of your future, then you can trust this indirect and...

''At the center of the universe, is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service." -- Fred Rogers

Wisdom from Clarissa Pinkola Estes: Do not lose heart. We were made for these times. Many are concerned about the state of affairs in our world right now. It is true, one has to have strong cojones and ovarios to withstand much of what passes for "good" in our culture today. Abject disregard of what the soul finds most precious and irreplaceable and the corruption of principled ideals have become, in some large societal arenas, "the new normal," the grotesquerie of the week. It is hard to...