As I was walking to the train the morning after the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, I was thinking and asking myself, “Am I prepared to be a force for light today?” It my sound like an odd question to ask oneself early in the morning, but it is, in fact, a pertinent one. [...]

I have spent the day thinking about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is so important to go back and review his life in historical context—to see how much adversity he faced from all types of people, not just the Bull Connor’s of the world. When he appeared on “Meet [...]

Happy New Year, everyone! This year, 2012, is going to be a big one. There is already a global awakening happening, in which old structures of control are dying in the face of a new demand for transparency and accountability from the people of the planet. You can see evidence of this in the Arab [...]

Thanks for all the great feedback from my last post, Are you a victim or a warrior? There really are only two choices in life. In that piece, I focused on what a warrior doesn’t do: namely, complain or make excuses. But how does one live like a warrior? In his writings, Carlos Castaneda talks [...]

I was at a benefit a week ago for Project Morry, a wonderful organization that sends hundreds of underprivileged kids to camp every summer and supports them throughout the year so that they learn important life skills that significantly improve their chances of success later on in life.   In the middle of the event, the [...]

I’m watching the new HBO show, Enlightened, with Laura Dern, and I love it! It dramatically shows the very real struggles of someone trying to better themselves spiritually. In the story, Amy, the lead, has an emotional breakdown and goes off to a spiritual retreat. While she’s away, she learns how to find inner peace [...]