We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty.

Eat by Choice, Not by Habit combines the author's humor, deep compassion for others and knowledge about food in a way that makes me eager to follow her lead toward healthy eating-and more importantly, toward a healthy attitude about eating. She aptly teaches us all to frame our food issues in a language that is both liberating and comforting.

We are deep into the year of the dragon and all around the intensity of the collective pushes forward to a new age. The pieces and parts, the far-flung shades of life that make our hearts beat faster are starting to coalesce directly to the source.

We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty.

Compassion is the litmus test.

You can't make yourself be compassionate, you can only keep stepping back and becoming a larger container in which compassion wants to live. The practice should open us up, and crack open our hearts again and again.

I believe myself capable of great things. Some days it feels as if I can't do it alone. It is nice to know I don't have to.