This is the problem with going to BlogHer--it's like exercise. It makes you all healthy and energized. You come home and your thoughts feel cleansed as if they've just done a round of cardio and finished off the workout with a glass of carrot juice.

Keeping a Journal - probably most of us have attempted it, with varying degrees of success. A journal is so different from a blog. Like a blog, it may have a theme, but it has more intense focus and is entirely private. We start journals with the fervor of New Year's Resolutions. And, most of us stumble. The demands of the journal loom larger than the time on the clock. The day's priorities shift. The grand plan sinks under the weight of the reality of a congested and busy day.

There is a certain kind of person that leans towards happiness. I admire that kind of person. Some religions and/or spiritual paths seem to be pretty sure that happiness comes from within and that it is within your control. Frankly, this blows my mind.

“Whoever undertakes to set themselves up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”-- Albert Einstein It was a steaming hot summer day when I was driving across the country through the deep and humid south of America. As I walked through the big glass doors of a huge truckstop, an older couple and their grandson came out. I looked down at the clean but shabbily dressed little boy and smiled. He made his hand into a gun shape, pointed it at me and said "BANG! You are dead old lady, because I killed you!"

We just cannot do it all alone. Unless you are the rare hermit who can sit in a cave and achieve enlightenment all by yourself, we all turn to others to help us get our weary souls through a dark night.

This weekend BlogHer lynchpin Elisa Camahort Twittered away like crazy about the Blogging While Brown conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the first ever international conference specifically focused on the talents of voices of bloggers of color. In honor of our sisters of every shade, I'd like to feature a couple of women who write about religion and spirituality, bringing their own much-needed cultural mix to the conversation.