Last night, I played some Christmas carols out with a friend to raise some money for the local women’s shelter. Well, really I just played some carols with a friend. The other part was a bonus. He brought me a santa hat and we ran through a fine list of the classics, and it was really something special. This year, I have so much loving spirit and gratitude and I just want to reflect that back in some way ALL THE TIME. It really doesn’t matter how. I teach this one yoga class and I was explaining the word namaste to them a few weeks back. When I explained the meaning is something like “the divine in me sees the divine in you” they all nodded, and seemed to understand that deeply. I have also heard an expression that I absolutely love that is an extension for me of this word of greeting. “When I love the world, the world loves me back.” It is to open your heart and mind to that lovingkindness that believes in the fundamental good in people, places and things and, when you do… it reflects right back at you. Another pithy line: “We see things as we are, not as they are.” I have found this to be [...]