One Word, Many Meanings
We speak of the future as if we know what we mean; most often envisioning a place where events wait until they “come to...
Tag: past
Remembering the Past
I have to confess that I don’t really remember the past. Of course, images and whole scenes that pretend to be of past experiences...
Looking Forward to Something
I feel I move backwards into time. The future, unseen, is at my back and I can only see the past, rising up before...
It Takes a Train . . .
A sound somewhere in the neighborhood appeared before my awareness and I understood something illusive. I ordinarily hasten to fill in the gaps in...
Making Good Use of Time
There’s a saying that seems to be born out in experience: “If you want something done, give it to a busy person”. The reason...
What’s Next?
Light is showing up among the branches visible through my sunroom windows. Not enough to predict what kind of day it will be, but...
An Unanticipated Trip.
A man, who for several years hasn’t driven outside the radius that holds his grocery store and a few favorite restaurants, is planning a...
Fundamentally Supportive
“Past, present, and future interact in the undivided dynamic of a circle or a wheel, offering one another fundamental support” Tarthang Tulku, “Knowledge of...
The Day has Come
“The recognition of not-understanding is the opening to understanding.” Revelations of Mind, p219 It seems that we all search for a place in the...
Reunions, Nests, and Flight Paths
Now and then I receive invitations for school reunions, but I’ve never felt tempted to catch up with people whom I didn’t know all...