"What is my job on the planet?" is one question we might do well to ask ourselves over and over again. Otherwise, we may wind up doing somebody else's job and not even know it. And what's more, that somebody else might be a figment of our own imagination, and maybe a prisoner of it as well.

Can you question who you are? And are you comfortable with not knowing?

Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.

Voluntary simplicity means going fewer places in one day rather than more, seeing less so I can see more, doing less so I can do more, acquiring less so I can have more.

If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.

Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.

Even before smart phones and the Internet, we had many ways to distract our selves. Now that's compounded by a factor of trillions.