Patience is a byproduct of understanding how the mind works. The mind has an innate capacity for clarity and creativity. That's our default state but for the moment to moment experience of personal thinking. When that thinking innocently creates an insoluble problem,...
Articles by Molly Gordon
Reflection versus rumination
Reflection and rumination are very different styles of thinking. Rumination is locked in the past,...
A declaration of interdependence
A declaration of interdependence Last month, around the time I was wrestling with what to write...
Are you an individual solving a problem or part of an unfolding miracle?
It is easy to become discouraged, frustrated, even resentful and angry when we face world problems...
There’s not actually a conflict between anxiety and insight
Though it might seem like we need to make a choice between anxiety and an insight that can see...
The humbling truth: we are always doing our best
In every moment each human being is doing his or her level best. That's the humbling, magnificent,...
The Cat Box Insight
In which I recount my great cat box insight: in any given moment you either want to clean the cat...
Navigating from a good feeling versus attachment to the feeling
Syd Banks talks about trusting a feeling. But there is a huge difference between noticing and...
The mystic’s paradox: if everything is okay, how come it looks so messed up?
Julian of Norwich is fabled for saying, "All is well, and all manner of things be well." I'm sure...
Are you living as if life is a race or a dance?
Two steps forward, one step back may be a problematic strategy for running a marathon. But what if...