on being at home
If home is where the heart is, do you know how to make your heart feel at home no matter where you are? Here are some crucial first steps.
presence
is it worth the effort?
When effort becomes a habit, it feeds itself. It’s the solution to every problem and the source of the next one. So how do you respond to the person with bright, effortless warmth? Can you still feel it?
inside the impulse
When you stop yourself, why do you do that? Where do you do that? What if you didn’t? If you feel that you must stop yourself, why do you feel that way? What if you experimented with another feeling?
feeling as knowing
Knowledge precedes language. You knew this once, before you learned to speak. But if you allow it, it’s still possible to know the world through feeling, and speak a more universal language.
thoughts in slow motion
If you listen in to the tiniest movements you make, it’s possible to begin to detect the movement of thoughts and intentions under the surface. Pause here, and you’ll have new opportunities.