a daily blog on well-being and how to feel better by Mark Barger Elliott…

I came across a fascinating idea yesterday and that is to set aside our concept of endings. For example, to walk without a destination. To listen without waiting for a turn to speak. To write without thinking when a sentence will end. ——

Yesterday I read this sentence – “Buddhists say that to be a good fisherman you must detach yourself from the dream of the fish. This makes whatever is caught or found a treasure.” Expectations frame our experience. Sometimes this can be a positive thing, but other times limiting. What might happen today if you set…

Maria Popova offers a great website called The Marginalian where she curates observations on the meaning of life from author, artists, philosophers. She also creates works of art where she writes a poem over images of birds. You’ll find an example at on-emotions.com. This poem I came across yesterday from Popova and the intriguing invitation…

Here is a helpful series of spiritual exercises from Mark Nepo that I read this morning: ——

The poet Mary Oliver once made this observation, “Who can open the door who does not reach for the latch?” Is there a project or dream you hope to realize in 2025? What latch do you need to reach for and to open first? ——

“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s,” observed Joseph Campbell. We often want life to be easy and for someone to have cleared the trail ahead. But if we are choosing to be ourselves, to discover who we are and our unique contribution to the world around us, we should…