#167: "Through you I rise..."
Some reflections from a nighttime poem
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- 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...
- 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 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...
- Aug 31, 2022
#133: "After all is said and done..."
Whether by choice or by necessity, to experience the sweetness of doing nothing is a blessing enjoyed by far too few in this world.
- Aug 23, 2022
#132: "Oh no, you didn't finish your work..."
It's easy to feel impatient, to fee like I am stagnant or moving backwards, when I recognize that the world doesn't change fast enough to...
- Jul 20, 2022
#128: Fear not the wind...
Flying a kite is an exercise in life: a balance in command and release, to give into the direction of the wind, to maintain enough...
- Jul 15, 2022
#127: Riding the River
"The frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean" is one of the most famous proverbs from Chinese literature. The fable comes from "The...
- Jun 21, 2022
#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...
- May 10, 2022
#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...
- Jan 18, 2022
#105: "My tea cup is half empty..."
Sometimes the way we look at things doesn't change its inherent nature. We may be optimistic or pessimistic, but life is neither good nor...
- Jan 11, 2022
#104: "Want is a growing giant..."
From "Conduct of Life: A Philosophical Reading," this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson is evocative, but I sometimes think it is only a...
- Nov 18, 2021
#096: "Do you ever get bored..."
I'm taking part again in Dani DiPirro's 30-day gratitude challenge. The prompt for this comic is ROUTINE. Sometimes routine gets a bad...
- Oct 26, 2021
#093: "Autumn is a second spring..."
There's more than one way of looking at life and death. It's sometimes even comforting to think of them as one and the same.
- Oct 10, 2021
#087: As the Boy looked down into the valley...
Inspired by George Bernard Shaw After I finished university, I turned down an opportunity to work in corporate finance for a large...
- Aug 25, 2021
#079: "Is it about the journey or the destination?"
Collaboration with author, Amit Pagedar. Here are his perspectives: "In essence, there are no destinations. Yet our lives are geared...
- Aug 12, 2021
#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...
- Jul 26, 2021
#071: "I wish I could show you..."
"I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being." - Hafiz Some quotes are so...
- Jul 21, 2021
#070: "What do you think is the purpose of life?"
Original quote by Alan Watts Sometimes I think about all the things I've wanted to achieve and still want to achieve, and must remember...
- May 4, 2021
#064: "I have many flaws," admitted the Ox.
I've received a few messages asking to share more on certain themes that appear on this page. I'm always happy to chat individually, but...
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