#156: “I wish I knew how this will turn out...”
How do I cultivate a pattern of living without fear?
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- Feb 7
#153: “After all you've been through...”
How do we recommit ourselves to love after suffering?
- Feb 2
#152: “Attention is the rarest...”
Who or what do we give or undivided attention? These days it might be our screens.
- Jan 24
#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...
- Jan 18
#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...
- Jan 5
#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...
- Dec 30, 2022
#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...
- Dec 21, 2022
#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...
- Dec 15, 2022
#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...
- Dec 7, 2022
#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...
- Dec 1, 2022
#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...
- Nov 16, 2022
#143: "Looks like a storm is coming in..."
As a parent, often we feel that our job is to protect our children from pain and relieve their suffering, and I honestly struggle with...
- Nov 10, 2022
#142: "In a world that lives like a fist..."
Peaceful living feels like a one giant paradox to me most of the time. I read koans, or some of the little snippets of conversations...
- Nov 2, 2022
#141: "There is a certain majesty..."
As a society, we place a premium on intelligence, cleverness, and humor, especially when all three are combined into a single, cutting...
- Oct 26, 2022
#140: "I should think I'm old enough..."
There is a little story that Ram Dass once told about caring for his aged father. Every morning, his father, a man who apparently was...
- Oct 18, 2022
#139: Whatever you do, ask yourself...
Modern society teaches us that anything worthwhile doesn't come easily. We are always told that the good things in life take hard work....
- Oct 11, 2022
#138: "Sometimes you can only do a small, small thing for yourself..."
"Self care" is an interesting concept to consider, especially from a Buddhist perspective that teaches us the self doesn't actually...
- Oct 4, 2022
#137: "Do you ever wonder what happens..."
We often grapple with the question of death, what happens, how does it feel, where do we go, and whether we are reunited with those we...
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