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

My prayers are in the doing of things.

We are bound by our biases.

Reliving the past is like trying to swim in the same river twice, as the old saying goes. Both you and the river are always changing...

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

We can only keep what we give, and we can only give what we have. So give all you've got, but no more.

Some helpful definitions: Dependence: total reliance Co-dependence: excessive reliance Interdependence: mutual reliance...

In a society steeped in straight supremacy, all of us make homophobic choices from time to time. Even gay people...

We can't truly understand others, unless we understand where they're coming from. And that requires curiosity, listening, and empathy.

We all swim in a sea of stigma, bias, and prejudice. There's just no avoiding it. It's our work to acknowledge it, listen, read...

I wasted so many years hating the very parts of me that others were trying to love. If we want to experience the richness of life...

We gay men owe so many of our civil rights to women and people of color. And yesterday was no different.

To allow others to define us is to participate in our own oppression.

Telling someone how they should protest is not that different from telling them why they should be oppressed.

For instance, if you have experienced bigotry at the hands of your family, have you ever looked them in the eyes and lovingly asked them...

You can't heal what you don't love.

Equanimity is that state of openness to our heart's desires, without ambition or aversion.

It's no use trying to hide from life: there's no solace in slack senses.

Until we take charge of our lives, we inevitably succumb to its vicissitudes — vacillating between convenience and despair, reacting to...

It’s so tempting to believe that achievement leads to some sort of freedom, as if our life purpose might save us...