Author name: Peter Schulte

When I really listen within, what feels most alive lately is an impulse to speak more powerfully and boldly, especially about ways I and others can be in greater integrity with ourselves, our society, and our planet.

Everyone has a “good reason” that perfectly explains how they are showing up, whether or not it’s diagnosable. Or perhaps, the only diagnosis they really need is “human.”

The question is not: Did I make the right decision? The question is: How can I make this the right decision?

Perhaps the only thing we can say with some certainty is that the world is changing, more rapidly and radically than ever before.

There is actually significant overlap between my shoulding and what I genuinely want to do. And yet, these aspirations can be so much more liberating, joyful, and easeful than I’ve made them in the past.

Here’s my invitation: For New Year’s this year, choose just one resolution. And instead of adding something new, make your resolution about letting go of some practice that drains, districts, or undermines you.

This, so they say, is the season of good cheer. We are all encouraged and perhaps even expected to be merry and light, tickled red and green with the spirit of Christmas. And yet, I know that for so many of us the holidays feel nothing like this.

If peace and satisfaction are truly what we are after, perhaps simple gratitude is our best path there.

The more I show up as the most authentic me, the more I will draw some people (“my” people) toward me, and the more I will inevitably turn others away.