You have the power to change the world. It won’t be a fast change. No overnight discovery of the solution to all of our problems. No instant awakening that will sweep through the masses. Nothing quite as Hollywood as that. But you have the power. It starts like all things that last. It starts with the little things. The seeds that you plant each day. The ones that you choose to water with your conscious attention. The people that you nurture with your presence, that

In his book The Soul’s Code James Hillman offers an interesting perspective on what determines the course of our life. He says that when we are born into the world there is another thing, a third thing that comes into the world with us (aside from our physical body and our consciousness), the word for it in Greek is daimon. It is more than our consciousness, it is actually a consciousness all of its own, and it is what determines our life’s purpose. It is fascinating that o

For the past few years, I have been helping people discover a deeper sense of purpose in their lives. I have helped them through some of the most difficult transitions that they face: from the end of a relationship, to the end of a career or even the death of a loved one. What I have found in this work and the decade or so of training that led up to it is that most of us have a deeply ingrained notion that the purpose of life is to be happy. We use happiness as our North S

Sometimes the road ahead of us gets dark. The dreams we had of what life would be when we were young start to dim, and we come face to face with the reality that we are human beings. This can come as a shock. For most people it does. I remember being younger and thinking that the sky is the limit in the possibilities for my life. I thought that I could and would accomplish anything. After a period of descent, where I collapsed into a deep depression and brought the world

There is an inherent speed to things. We see it when we observe the rhythms of the natural world. When we step into a meadow and see the breeze moving through the trees, stirring the grass, we get a glimpse of it. When we have the privilege of standing on a precipice, like the Grand Canyon, and look down into the immensity of what the Earth has created, a deep silence stirs within. How long did it take for these natural masterpieces to form? Angeles Arrien says that the r

The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kinds. - Dalai Lama Have you ever had the world pulled out from under you? One of those experiences where your idea of what your life would be suddenly comes crashing down? It can be an unexpected illness, the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, or the loss of a job. It can be something more subtle, like waki