This is my fifth year of keeping a formal journal. Along with meditation and marathon running, daily journaling is one of my core spiritual practices. My day-to-day experience can often feel like a roller coaster of soaring heights and crashing lows. But after recently reading through four years of entries, it looked more like a steady barge voyaging […]
Losing is Good for the Soul
Don’t get me wrong. I’d rather be winning than losing. But in my culture, we’re infused with an insatiable drive to be seen as “on top”. And if you “fail”, you’re seen as “a loser”. So I thought it would be worthwhile to articulate and honor the unique gifts bestowed upon us by losing. To be […]