by Monika Carless | Feb 27, 2017 | Musings
“A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall...
by Monika Carless | Feb 23, 2017 | Musings
“Why don’t you start taking French baths?” suggested my healthy living guru, brushing his luxurious long hair aside, a testament to his wholesome lifestyle. I immediately imagined something erotic when he said French because this is just how my mind works. “What’s...
by Monika Carless | Feb 9, 2017 | Musings
“A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next. We can try to control the uncontrollable by looking for security and predictability, always hoping for the comfortable and safe. But the truth is that we can never avoid uncertainty.” ~ Pema...
by Monika Carless | Jan 25, 2017 | Musings
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection” ~ Sharon Salzberg We can go round and round with love in a never-ending dance of questions. I think that for the most part, we are not yet jaded on love—although some of us are,...
by Monika Carless | Jan 18, 2017 | Musings
“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” ~ Pema Chodron They say that love is complicated—but it’s not. Love is simple and truthful and kind. We are the ones who are complicated and who stumble around love, like flamingos in stilettos. We are...
