Author: Tara May

Did you know that you have a superpower? We all do. It’s our ability to self-heal. Every one of us is equipped with the amazing capacity to heal ourselves after serious injury or illness. If that’s not the stuff of movies, I don’t know what is. Surely not as quickly as X-Men's Wolverine, nor as efficiently and handsomely as True Blood's Eric Northman, but we can heal, and even more amazing, the ability comes built in at birth. Already this summer, I've sustained more injuries working on the beach than I have in all my 34 years. I’ve stubbed...

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the value of practice in our lives. Ever since, I’ve been thinking about a particular practice I’ve been trying to keep, which is the practice of slowness. For those of you who know me well, you know I tend to move at a quicker pace. I talk too fast, eat too fast, walk too fast, get ready too fast in the morning, and go to bed too fast in the evening. Add to that driving too fast and reading too fast, and you have a flurry of constantly rushing activity. I wrote...