your daily rock : love your life
Love your life. Even the low-down, awful, crappy parts. The parts that give you heartburn, the parts that make you sleepless and anxious. The parts you’d rather not remember. Those embarrassments, the things you’d like to do over. Even those parts. Love them too. Your life is so precious. And …
your daily rock : give a voice to joy
I saw an amazing photograph of conductor Gustavo Dudamel a few days ago, his whole body leaning in toward the orchestra, his arms upraised, his torso and head leaning way back with a look of rapture on his face, his black curly hair swept far behind him and suspended in …
your daily rock : life is art
Art and life are not two separate things. Your life–this one right now, this one right here–is the most beautiful piece of art you will ever create. Use many, many colors. Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.
your daily rock : break old patterns
“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” -Tuli Kupferberg One interesting thing about life is that at a certain point, it all starts repeating. Or perhaps it’s been repeating all along and it just takes a certain distance (age?) to begin seeing the patterns that emerge, again and again. And …
your daily rock : own your messiness
You know what? Life is messy. Gloriously, beautifully, hotly messy. Love the mess. Own the mess. Tidiness is overrated. As Eve Ensler said, “Good is towing the line, being behaved, being quiet, being passive, fitting in, being liked, and great is being messy, having a belly, speaking your mind, standing …
your daily rock : stop comparing yourself to others
Comparisons are odious, according to Shakespeare. Dude knew what he was talking about. Every comparison is a false comparison of your insides with other people’s outsides. And every false comparison will block you, stop you in your tracks, make you small. Notice them, and let them go, those odious comparisons. …
your daily rock : you’ve got the power
You’ve got the power to say yes. You’ve got the power to say no. You’ve got the power to be happy. You’ve got the power to be unhappy. You’ve got the power to be lonely. You’ve got the power to love solitude. You’ve got the power to stretch. You’ve got …
your daily rock : come as you are
In the past year, I learned that transparency and honesty are not the same thing. That I like things on a very human scale. That I love to hug people and be hugged. That fat is a protective device. That I am invested in stories that no longer serve me. …
your daily rock : nurture your creative spirit
When we lose touch with our creative spirit, it’s because we’ve lost the capacity to play, to stand barefoot in grass, to blow bubbles, to explore what makes us laugh, and laugh, and laugh. Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) knew what it was to tap into our creative spirit: “When we …
your daily rock : tell them your story
It is clear to me that the shortest distance between two people is a story. If I know your story, I can connect with you at a deeper level, from a place of deeper understanding, and perhaps even from a place of knowing, of recognition. When I know your story, …
