There’s a grief that only comes when you return to a place you once called home.
The Three Breaths of Gratitude
In honor of my Ignatian roots, I’ve been anchoring my mornings with a simple practice the past months. It’s a kind of Ignatian Examen in miniature. You can do it in 1.5 minutes.Tantum quantum—use only what helps. The Three Breaths of Gratitude 1st Breath – Receive the MomentInhale slowly.Exhale with awareness.Whisper to yourself:“I am here. … Continue reading The Three Breaths of Gratitude
Letters from Casa Santillan
I'm starting a new writing experiment. It could be a success, or it could fail (that's the beauty and essence of experiments!). My last one - where I wrote one reflection every single day for a whole year--366 days (it was a leap year and in the middle of the last great pandemic)- was a … Continue reading Letters from Casa Santillan
Volo Ergo Sum
Every day we make decisions that shape our destiny. Think about it, when we look back at the last 10 years of our lives, we would probably see real TURNING POINTS. We have made life-changing, destiny-altering decisions; decisions that are so important that if we had made a completely different one, our lives would have been completely different. I have about a couple of that.
Sophomores of Life
by Eric Santillan In high school or college, first year students are called Freshmen, second years are called Sophomores, those in third are called Juniors; and those in fourth are called Seniors. I could understand the words "Freshmen", "Junior" and "Senior". But what does Sophomore mean? For a while, I thought Sophomore meant "second year". … Continue reading Sophomores of Life
Stretch Before You Leap
Making decisions--the life-changing kind--is one of the hardest things to do. It is never easy to make changes in your life. As humans, we have the capacity to make do, to adapt, to get used to things. And according to Newton’s Law of Inertia, any change in life needs more energy and force than just … Continue reading Stretch Before You Leap
God Doesn’t Hate Us, If He Did He Wouldn’t Have Made Our Hearts So Brave
The title is from a movie I saw a year ago. The Feast of Love is a movie about the different facets of love, and answers real life questions about suffering and fear and hope.
Shake Your Soul
by Eric Santillan We can live life generally in two ways. One way is to live life without asking any questions-- to just go through every day as if there is nothing more significant than what we do, how we are, where we are. We can live life like it does not affect us, like … Continue reading Shake Your Soul
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