Do you recognize any of this in your life? Phobias, compulsions, perfectionism, fear of failure, procrastination, partial commitments to everything, over-controlling tendencies? If you do, you are not alone. We have forgotten what it was like to be children, how to live in wonder and surprise, how to stumble but get up and take another… Continue reading Born Fearless – Is Fear Holding You Back?
Author: Ama
Stay at Home or Go Home
A lot is going on even though most of the world is on lockdown due to the Coronavirus. This COVID-19 pandemic has required that we face our apparent mortality. Eternity, they say, is in our hearts. We are both conscious and subconscious; agents and witnesses of a sliver of this era. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have dreams,… Continue reading Stay at Home or Go Home
In the Middle
In the Middle Do you suppose there is a hush in heaven with all the chaos here below? We are some distance from each other and the end. We are somewhere in the middle, and hope is a faithful companion for the miles ahead. We can each decide how to view this season - are… Continue reading In the Middle
The Servant Leader – Becoming a Solutionary P.1
The Servant Leader - Becoming a "Solutionary" Part 1 What is a servant's heart? To most people, the quintessential servant’s heart is - Mother Teresa and her team of sisters in blue-piped white saris *washing the feet of the poor and sickly in Calcutta, India. An important fact is that on a train ride in… Continue reading The Servant Leader – Becoming a Solutionary P.1
The Makeover – A Breakup Ritual
The Makeover - A Breakup Ritual by Ama Danesi Does my face hiss like a repellent, will another walk away? One fizzled without reason, another from pity or naiveté described the shroud, darkness over his loins and my face. Shunted, his quiver melted, the promise puddled. His last embrace, like a scorpion's segmented… Continue reading The Makeover – A Breakup Ritual