Strong Feelings Posted on 01/19/2025 by Michael Gray 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? Posted on 01/02/2025 by Michael Gray 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 Posted on 11/05/2024 by Michael Gray 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 Posted on 10/15/2024 by Michael Gray 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 Posted on 09/28/2024 by Michael Gray 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 Posted on 07/08/2024 by Michael Gray 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 Posted on 06/11/2024 by Michael Gray 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 Posted on 08/03/2023 by Michael Gray 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 Posted on 03/27/2022 by Michael Gray 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...
One Size Does not Fit All Posted on 02/07/2022 by Michael Gray I’m not thinking about clothes. There are stretch fabrics which, like the skin with which we enter this world, expand as we do. But...