OM Discipline vs. Talent 28 Feb 202128 Feb 2021 One of my writers' group members is a later-in-life writer. He's had a bit of a crisis lately, wondering if all the hard work is worth it. He's been worried…
MS… Right View 22 Mar 202024 Mar 2020 There are a couple ways to view what's going on right now. One starts funny and ends sad. The other starts sad and ends...okay. And not okay as in "meh."…
OM Short Bright Night of the Soul 31 Dec 201931 Dec 2019 It's another long dark night of the soul. It's three in the morning and I still haven't slept. There's no dramatic reason for this that I'm aware of. I'm not…
MS… Things to be hopeful about 19 Dec 201919 Dec 2019 I've been seeing a lot of things in the news to be hopeful about. None of them have to do with politics. (Well, okay, one of them does, but not…
MS… Right Effort: Gratitude 18 Nov 201918 Nov 2019 I've heard for years that I should cultivate an attitude of gratitude. Gratitude will supposedly: lead to a longer, healthier life; ease stress; improve all my relationships, especially my relationship…
OM Sitting Together 22 Jul 201922 Jul 2019 Yet again, I'm in a strange headspace, so bear with me... And if you are claustro or in any way triggered by the description of being enclosed in an MRI,…
MS… The Phantom Fourth 7 Jun 20197 Jun 2019 I'm about to test in taekwondo again, another in a long line of tests to (in theory) get me to my first degree black belt. I've already got the belt…
OM Right Speech: Learning Instead of Losing 4 Apr 20194 Apr 2019 In Buddhism, there is what's called the Noble Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Aspiration, Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, and Right Concentration. The theory is,…
OM What do I say? 3 Jan 20193 Jan 2019 What do I say... ...when I come face to face with the person the world failed...when I'm the person for whom everything went right? I'm one of two OM patients…
OM The Envoy of Mr. Cogito 21 Dec 201821 Dec 2018 I love and admire poetry, and wish I could write it. In those rare instances that I find a piece of writing that encapsulates a hugely complex emotional territory in…
