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#154: “It's not our job to remain whole...”

What is our personal work actually for?

#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...

#124: "Do you ever feel like you don't understand..."

From his journals published posthumously as "Keith Haring Journals," artist Keith Haring writes, "Life is very fragile and always...

#118: "This is my one wish for you..."

Inspired by text from "The Analects"of the scholar who in his eagerness to pursue wisdom forgets his food, in his joy forgets his...

#117: "Holding fast to what we are..."

So often, we get caught up in a narrative that have been told about us, that we tell about ourselves, that to abandon it or stray from it...

#113: "Paying attention to what is around us..."

Something that is interesting about the Western adoption of Buddhist practice is the application of mindfulness as a means to focus the...

#090: "Will you teach me everything you know?"

Inspired by Sadhguru, "When a child comes into your life, it is time to relearn life, not to teach them your ways."

#073: "I'm so inexperienced. Is there anything you regret doing..."

"One of the deepest habitual patterns that we have is the feeling that the present moment is not good enough." - Pema Chodron ✨⁠ ⁠ My son...

#040: "The view is quite different..."

There is a popular Chinese fable and proverb that every child learns at a young age, where a frog who, as the largest animal living at...

#037: "Thank you for always carrying us..."

From an early age, it's so easy to fall into the habit of comparison. We learn it from the start: big versus small, fast versus slow,...

#035: "It's the end of the year..."

There are many things about this year that we are ready to leave in the past, but a different perspective is one thing we all take with...

#032: "Yesterday, I sat with my anger..."

Inspired by a quote from C.S. Lewis. Though C.S. Lewis was a Christian writer, I love that Buddhism also teaches us that when we get...