Melancholy is the condition of being exquisitely sensitive. It is the experience of taking in all of life at once, without excluding the painful or uncomfortable. It’s no picnic.

By practicing awareness and non-judgment, you create space where something new can emerge. This is the beginning of transformation.

There is a mantra I love that can help enormously with this process we call Life, a mantra that really should be a Core Principle for Living. Here it is.

It’s not easy being spiritual …