An Inner Rabbit
When stories tell the tale of an inanimate toy becoming alive because a living being infuses them with love and hope, we probably don’t...
Category: Timely Aging
Strong Feelings
My emotions have undergone a process of dilution similar to the hot water and milk I add to my cups of coffee, which let...
Who’s in Charge?
Surely, we’re in charge of the things that are personally important to us. Beyond the sway of circumstance and the tilted plane of habit,...
This Day
This morning, I have my annual physical. It’ll be the first time I’ll see my primary face-to-face in twelve months, although she’s been involved...
Weariness
The weariness, and worse, Of living in An unbalanced mind My heart afraid to look How can a heart be free How can truth...
Three Approaches
I don’t know when I started to wonder if I have a choice in how I view myself–as a creature living in this world....
Changes to Come
In the early 1990’s over a period of several months, I studied “Knowledge of Freedom: Time to Change,” a book by Tarthang Tulku. That...
Happy at Last
Have you ever had the experience of waiting until the last moment to do something and then wondered why you didn’t do it sooner,...
Anxiety Takes no Prisoners
I woke up this morning feeling unrested and anxious. That has been happening more often recently. I’m not sure which came first: a feeling...
Dominoes Keep Falling on my Head
I had a blood draw for uric acid yesterday. Now I’m waiting for my primary to tell me if the results reveal anything I...