It's been two weeks since I left my full time job ( Read more... )

Today's wish can be found here at Jamie Ridler StudiosI wish people knew I don't always have it together - that I'm human and imperfect and broken ( Read more... )

There was a story about the Zen master Suzuki Roshi. This was a situation where his students had been sitting and they were 3 or 4 hours into a very hard sitting period, a sesshin. The person who told the story said every bone in his body was hurting, his back, his ankles, his neck, his head, everything hurt. Not only that, his thoughts were ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about friendship recently. Thinking about how I miss having people I regularly get together with, to share stories, and thoughts, and get philosophical with. To talk about writing, and books, and yoga, and meditation. That I miss the weekly tea and coffee dates with people, that I love my life, and I love where I am, and I also ( Read more... )

I am supposed to be at my Shambhala training this weekend, for the Drala level. The first talk was last night, and it was fascinating. It is something I really want to learn; and yet, here I am, at home, two hours after the program started this morning. I opted to not take it. I feel the need to "confess" this and to walk through my mental process ( Read more... )