grass,
or build a fort like a kid. Laugh with delight for no reason
like a child. Dance all night like a teenager. Sit on a
mountaintop like an old sage.
7. Reach across Barriers
Be a “Doctor without Borders.” Your own doc. Treat yourself
and others to the wide open spaces of acceptance and play. See
people, not categories. Be colorblind and non-denominational.
Play with whatever form of human being shows up in your day:
Women and men. Straight and undecided. Kids and adults. Large
and small. Rich and not-so-rich.
Find somebody on the opposite end of a belief spectrum from
you and begin a genuine conversation. Seek to understand, not
to convert. Find common ground, not battleground.
8. Make Friends with Birth and Death
Say “Yes!” to the transitions of life. Our Western culture
does not prepare us to deal gracefully with the natural
passages of life: birth, puberty, coming-of-age, leaving home,
menopause, 7-year-itch, divorce, bankruptcy or death. Embrace
the inherent changes that we all go through as human beings.
Attend with awe as many births as you can: human, kitties,
puppies, lambs, horses, eggs-a-hatching! Also the birth of a
new day (sunrise), a new business, a new product, a new idea!
Embrace the end of as many cycles as you can: the “death” of a
friend, a pet, a leaf. Also, the end of the day (sunset), a
business, a familiar service, an old belief!
When we realize that all of life is one continual transition
form one form to another, then each particular passage becomes
easier to accept and even enjoy as the wondrous spiritual
adventure that it is.
9. Go Natural
Be