I just got back from a walk. It’s beautiful and sunny. Cold. Crisp. Fall-like. As I was walking across a bridge, I paused to look out over the water. Then I closed my eyes and started to breathe. I felt the cold wind on my shins and my face, and felt the built-up warmth beneath my almost-winter-jacket…

Just know that love can’t become the person you are with. Love is what moves between you two. It is what you give and what you recieve. It is the ball that bounces from your hand to their hand. It is a universal language which you can speak with anyone. Know that whatever you are feeling at this very moment is not because of love. It is because of the person you are with, because: Love shouldn’t feel like confusion. Everything should be open like flowers…

I finally did it. Took me a long time — I cried maybe 7 times in the last few days, and maybe that helped me be ready to bring new love into my life. The first of those 7 cryings was in my first Ayahuasca ceremony, which is now legal…

We all want to live a happy life. The truth is we spend the better part of our lives chasing what’s better, bigger, more promising. And that’s beautiful. At the end of the day we’re all seeking the same thing, which makes us true heroes and winners. However, we don’t always know how to be happy. The problem…

Last night, I organized my bookshelf. I stumbled across The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, and I felt like rereading a few pages. I randomly opened the book and stumbled upon the chapter “On Joy and Sorrow.” No matter how much I keep rereading this chapter, its significance and depth never cease. I had many epiphanies the…

Are you in the Friend Zone? “I’m not ready for a relationship. Can we just be friends?” “No.” I date. Usually, first dates go pretty well. Whether it’s a doghike or a play or an event of some sort, we choose activities that are fun and worthwhile for both of us whether we wind up connecting, or no. If we connect, second date. If we don’t, that’s…

I didn’t watch the Oscars. After last year’s “Slap” incident I wasn’t feeling the need to introduce that drama into my living room this week. I assumed that I’d catch up later, if need be. Though, truth be told, I didn’t really think I was missing out on anything earth-shattering. Little did I know that…

Intimacy is beautiful, sacred, and something I think all humans long for, want, and need. But, it can also be frightening — because it requires that we show our true, authentic selves. It requires that we be willing to open ourselves to someone else, that we be emotionally vulnerable. It means that we are willing to share our hurts, our pains, our fears, our insecurities…

It struck me recently that all those conservatives-making-fun-of-liberal terms like “virtue signaling,” “social justice warrior,” “woke,” “politically correct,” “bleeding heart,” “treehugger,” “gutmensch”…​all have one thing in common. A lack of empathy. Why I’m a liberal patriot. I care about others. About my planet. About voting rights for all. I care. I get the knee-jerk impulse…