Kula is an ancient Sanskrit word, which means “community of the heart.” Your purpose on the planet—big or small in impact, local or global—is not about carving something out alone; it only happens within a kula. The people with whom you want to travel through life may look very different from mine. No doubt, your collective will have a unique flavor. But, no matter how it looks, it must not be a kula of one, in which you are doing life by yourself.

Your plane will be grounded and your wheels harnessed to the cement if you try to go it alone. To those of you who think you can fly solo, I double-dog-dare you to see where this journey with others takes you. The good news about this adventure is that with a community of support, you will create a richer, more vibrant support system than ever that will enCOURAGE you to be bold, be brave, and be you.

May this notion of one’s kula as vital deeply permeate your days.

The EVERYday is important because
it is where you spend most of your life.

And when the passion, energy, and rhythms
of this day-to-day are lit up and fueled,
life is good.

This is an ordinary and extraordinary tribe:
soul friends, a growing global human family, and the Sacred.
It is one that is here with and for you in it all:
when you get a promotion, while you’re on vacation,
as you do laundry, cook dinner, or
find yourself in a disagreement with someone you love,
in the midst of addiction,
when you are in a quandary about what to do next,
fully expressing or hiding big bits of yourself,
at rock bottom or ecstatic about life.

Let’s keep walking,
putting one foot in front of the other, together.

BE Still. Surrender.

Ponder. Go Deeper.

Engage. Commit.

For a guided Place of Pause (PoP), check out this PDF reading from Soulfully Ablaze, the video below about today’s PoP, or the complete video series (all are free) of 10-minute PoPs.