Just because something is on the page doesn’t mean you have to act on it right away. You don’t have to do a damn thing with it at all if you don’t want to. But it’s still good. Cause you can work with the truth.

Learn how the simple act of paying attention and responding with “thank you, more please” will beget more and more reasons to say “thank you, more please”.

The devil is the voice in your head that whispers: Yeah, you know you have to quit smoking, drinking (or some other behavior that enslaves your spirit …)… and you will … of course you will. But, the devil will say: not today.

Walking is medicine. And it leads to waking. The fact that it enhances self-discovery – particularly when you’re journaling? Double-bonus.

The mind is a meaning-making machine, and that often winds up tying you up in mental knots, making you istressed out, distracted, and generally crankypants. And that's where mindful writing comes in.

I have no idea what happened to the people in the brown SUV. It could have been us. It almost was. A split second (and the hubster’s quick acceleration) is all that saved us.