Part of the wondrous mystery of life is that nature remains stubbornly unconcerned with our social constructs...

I promise you that the world can afford more male tenderness and affection. In fact, it is essential.

Trying to expunge those parts of you resulting from years of sorrow and anguish is a losing game. But you can learn to trade your...

There's no greater desolation than a poverty of the mind. How big can you dream?

You are cherished just as you are, without conditions.

We are redeemed through our actions.

When thinking about how we treat indigenous people around the world, I'm reminded that we cannot harm someone while holding...

Over the course of any given day, each of us "closet" and "out" ourselves on a wide array of topics, depending on our sense of pride...

Our stories are our medicine.

Part of our work is to make polite bigotry socially unacceptable. We must risk discomfort and decorum to confront bias in the moment...

Comparing yourself to others is just your brain's way of saying that you've been experiencing too much joy.

Everyone has a story that deserves to be heard.

Set down your sack of rocks, and let yourself run free.

My prayers are in the doing of things.

We are bound by our biases.

Here's the yellow brick road to a full heart: experience >> wisdom >> confidence >> gratitude >> humility >> generosity

I believe that there are no enlightened people, only enlightened actions. In the same way, there are no homophobic people, only...

Let's relinquish our illusions of control, and allow our hearts to be effortlessly drawn to what we truly need.

Come warm your hands by the gentle fire of life, and let your heart be healed.

I wasted so much time, not realizing that those things I hated most about myself were what others loved, and even desired...