A key to transforming our suffering is to view it as a participation in a larger suffering.

A key to transforming our suffering is to let go and allow it to share in a larger suffering - that of the human race, of other species, of the Earth, and of the Divine. Experience reveals that a sizable portion of our suffering arises because we think we are isolated and alone in our pain.

Photo: Dwarf Mistletoe, which is killing thousands of trees in our Western forests, with Greyrock in the background, Roosevelt National Forest, CO, February 7, 2015