The Tools: Paper, a pen and a timer. The Practice: Find a place you won’t be disturbed and you’re comfortable writing. Center yourself and let your rational, evaluative, critical mind know it’s off-duty while your creative, accepting, flowing mind plays for the next 10 minutes. Set your timer, put your pen to paper and let yourself be completely surprised by what comes onto the page for a full 10 minutes. You can write on any topic, but random prompts are useful. Try this one

Deep connection is what I seek. We all do. At the root of everything we do and say is our fundamental, human desire for profound connection. But it doesn't always look that way. Sometimes the distance between my longing and my actions is mind-boggling. Reflect for a moment. Have you ever made a "preemptive strike" that creates disconnection, because you feared you would not get the connection you wanted? Who hasn't? Acting aloof because we're afraid of rejection is just one e