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#151: “Do you think everyone deserves…”

“The benefit of the doubt” in most cases, implies that a person or a situation is less than trustworthy, that based on our past...

#150: "What do you think is in store..."

Happy Lunar New Year! The lunar year is celebrated in Taiwan and many parts of Asia on the second new moon after the December (often...

#149: "The connections we make in the course of a life..."

There's a Zen perspective that even if there is an eternal afterlife either in Heaven or in Hell, by attaining enlightenment in our...

#148: "What's your favorite memory..."

In my family, I'm often teased for not remembering things that most people would consider important, while simultaneously recalling very...

#147: "Rabbit says I need to be a dutiful grandson..."

In many ways, all around the world, no matter where or who we are, people are born into a societal, group, and family narrative and...

#146: "Everyone thinks they have the best dog..."

Albert Camus said, "Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is." There is always something else to do, some other way to act...

#145: "I have done some things, thought many thoughts..."

I've noticed in my son a strong development of conscience over the last two years. I recognize in him many feelings of anguish that I...

#144: "Sometimes it feels like I don't know..."

I've been re-reading some of Pema Chödrön's book, When Things Fall Apart, and so much is still so relevant in today's chaotic and...