Whether you’re just a few steps into the journey, or well along your own spiritual path, I am so glad you are here. Wherever you are, whatever’s on your mind, whether you’re looking for information or inspiration, or both, it’s my pleasure to help you.
I was a journalist for over 35 years, which means I’m curious about almost everything. But if you had told me 20-plus years ago that one day self-discovery and the spiritual path would be my life’s passion I would have laughed you out of the room. Who, me?—the skeptical political reporter, suddenly giving credence to things often unseen and sometimes far outside conventional wisdom? Not likely.
More than a dozen years ago, though, desperate after being flattened by illness, I began a meditation practice—and stopped getting sick. I was so excited about going from recurring illness to continuing health, I decided to dig deeper, finally creating the Body & Soul series for PBS and writing the companion book. I became a Reiki practitioner, started a yoga practice, and continued a serious search into what my Dad used to call the Big 3: Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we going?
One of my favorite quotes about that is from the Jesuit scholar and philosopher Teilhard Pierre de Chardin: “We are not physical beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a physical one.” Zowie. When you think about that one for a minute, it changes everything, doesn’t it?!
And now here I am, so excited about the new possibilities opening up for us all. If you only look at the news headlines, it seems as if the world is falling apart. Old ways are disappearing, trusted institutions are crumbling, and the issues that face us—from poverty and hunger to climate change and global warfare—can seem intractable.
Well, yes. That’s one way of looking at it. Another is that the old has to break down to make room for the new. And that what lies ahead for humankind may well be the most important time of all. The very fact that you’re found your way to this website tells me that you feel it too.
The blogs you read here are my take on some of the “Everyday Miracles” that surround all of us, and the opportunity we have NOW to help create a better world by doing One Good Thing at a time. (Instagram #gailharrisonegoodthing) I’d love to hear your ideas, too.
