Wisdom Bites

I have killed a lot of babies. (Plant babies, to be clear.) It starts like this: Put a seed in the ground and get all excited when it pops its head up. Give it too much or too little water/light/touch/air and find that the next day my little sprout has slumped over in...

I nursed a tiny stem of a tarragon plant all winter. Somehow it hunkered down and made it, despite being pressed up against the cold window for months. I wish I could say the same for my parsley plant. The parsley needed a bath of sun for six hours a day. All I could...

The notion of a finish line in healing is a trap. There is actually no end to it. Nothing grows at the same rate and nothing matures under the same conditions. Knowing that the nature of healing is endless can also be a trap. Because imagine this being the thought...

The hardest job of the gardener is when too many sprouts come up. Here is the incredible pain of the Great Mama -- deciding who lives and who dies. Even in fertile times, life is built upon a cycle of creation, preservation, and destruction (a more palatable word for...

Sunlight is one of the most direct sources of prana (life force) available. It -- along with the prana available in fresh air, water, and soil -- is the reason vegetables do very good things for our bodies. But every great power has a dark side, even this glowing orb...

Once more, for the ones in the back: Everything you do is an act of creativity. This means everyone is a “creative type.” It’s just that some people write, or make music, and others create spreadsheets or ways of caring for others. So get right with the reason you...

Creativity is not just about what we make. Creative energy is the energy of life itself; as long as we are alive in our bodies we are creating. Every interaction is a form of creation. Every decision, every meal we make or eat. Every breath. It’s our intention that...

Creative energy is the most powerful force that humans carry. This is our power to make: Manuscripts Meals Business plans Orgasms Relationships Children Everything you can see All powerful forces, including creative power, are inherently neutral; they are shaped by...