”True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time.” Dalai Lama I really wasn’t sure whether to write this story, because it is a bit of a departure from the usual. Sure, all of these are personal, but I have been careful to avoid the confessional....

This is an experiment, a first for me. It is Sunday, February 8th. It is around noon, at least when the Keep Out red light, neon sign started blinking on the door to my mind. I will tell you why this is unusual, before I get into the story itself. The most unusual...

“The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth and truth be defamed as a lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world … [gets] destroyed.”HANNAH ARENDT  I...

”It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."   Charles Darwin For me, writing and sharing are inseparable. I never thought about journaling, keeping a personal record of thoughts and...

“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create.” The Buddha I don’t know about you, but time and circumstance are how I mark my life. What happens and when it happens are life’s finger prints. The end of a year and the start of a...

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi  People like Gandhi come along once in a great while, partially because you have to be nuts to believe in the inherent goodness of our species. Our impact is...

” I offer my voice, but it is merely a whisper. You know what? I don’t give a shit.” Me The world as it is, is the way it has always been. We have a living, 3D representation of why it has been that way. When you change your view from microscopic to telescopic, the...

”Let me help beings be free so that they can live with peaceful and loving hearts amidst it all.” The Buddha I know I have written a fair amount about my affinity for Zen and countless aspects of Buddhism in general. Listen, it is my thing and I hope I have never...

“O, what may man within him hide,Though angel on the outward side!” William Shakespeare Very often, there is a difference between what we say and what we do. Along those lines, pun intended, the same applies to writing and doing. Most of my brilliant statements, like...

"Fear is the only thing that binds people on earth; release the fear and know the peace.” The Buddha After all these years, this is a first for me. It is Sunday morning, November 23, 2025 and I really don’t feel like doing anything. It is looking like rain, which...