"Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don't even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we were in fact in the process of change, of actually becoming larger, spiritually, than we were before. Whenever we grow, we tend to feel it, as a young seed must feel the weight and inertia of the earth as it seeks to break out of its shell on its way to becoming a plant. Often the feeling is anything but pleasant. But what is most unpleasant is the not knowing what is happening. Those long periods when something inside ourselves seems to be waiting, holding its breath, unsure about what the next step should be, eventually become the periods we wait for, for it is in those periods that we realize that we are being prepared for the next phase of our life and that, in all probability, a new level of the personality is about to be revealed."

"My hope for us all this month is to be more grounded in where we are right now. Sometimes, our seasons of quiet and ease ask us to take up more space in our lives. There will be times when we have to anchor our hearts in the stillness. Life moves so fast. We are often rushed to get to the next thing without absorbing or observing what just happened. For me, that feels disorienting. I did it for so long, and I’ve finally started slowing down more to actually appreciate where and what I am in this world. I’m learning that if we don't start being with the now more often, we will miss the most important and valuable moments."