Tackling the Hardest Task First
I’ve been reading a book, titled “Caring”, in the past few months. And as might be expected it has a lot to say about...
Author Archives: Michael Gray
Just Going through a Phase
Have you ever noticed that you can’t divide the seven days of a week into two equal parts? I water the lawn twice a...
Love Letter to the Present Moment
I wish you were here. It’s hard to really enjoy myself without you. I try to be open to your presence but my mind...
Going Without Going
There’s a Time, Space, and Knowledge practice, “Going Without Going”, in which–in the seated version introduced by Carolyn Pasternak, who passed on this Spring—you...
Searching for Home.
I’m reading a book (“I Still Believe”, by Desiree Woodland) about her struggles to regain her faith (that an all-knowing God is still caringly...
Of Two Minds.
“After apprenticing to such narratives, in typical Western fashion, many of us revise our stories as we move away from home turf, family of...
Tottering in Emptiness.
Sitting one morning recently, watching my breath, watching thoughts and feelings, something occurred to me: that when I die, I’ll be leaving more emptiness...
Backing into Compassion
At a recent support group for bereaved parents, the facilitator, whose son died at least five years ago, said that in her experience the...
The Lillies of the Field.
“Behold the birds of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.”...
Round Midnight–by Ken
They could be a downer, These slowed down blue piano notes, A Poem by Ken McKeon