I have questions. A lot of questions. Questions for myself. Questions for the Universe. Questions that I can’t seem to find the answers to at the moment. In some ways, it’s freeing to not know the answers to any of these questions. What do you do with all of that uncertainty? Maybe the answer is you lean into it. Maybe… Read more →
I Miss You Fellow Humans
I miss you fellow humans. Sitting across from me on the subway. The grocery. The corner store. Walking down the street. Navigating traffic. Navigating steps. Standing. Sitting. Alone. In groups. Two, three, four, more. Lost in ‘the box’. Technically a rectangle. Flashing light and color. Fingers tap, tap. Everywhere but right here. Right now. Lovely actual reality directly in front of you.… Read more →
Gratitude
“There are at least a billion people on earth at this moment who would consider their prayers answered if they could trade places with you.” — Sam Harris I’m grateful for: • Every breath in and every breath out. • My mom and dad and all of the rest of my extended family. Those that are with me now as… Read more →
My Practice
What is my practice? My practice is all of the habits that I choose for myself. The habits that make up my day to day life. We become that which we repeatedly do. It’s a process. It’s daily. It’s ongoing. My practice is my life. I’m still working on my practice. Some parts are better than others. Some parts are reasonably… Read more →
I Want
I want to change the world. OK maybe not the whole world, but who knows? Why should I limit my thinking? • I want to give of myself fully. I want to share my talents and my creativity with others. • I want to learn and discover and become a better person. I want to become smarter and more eloquent.… Read more →
I Chose This
There are certain paths that you can take that will lead to predictable outcomes. If you want to become a Doctor of medicine there’s a path for that. If you want to become a lawyer there’s a path for that. If you want to be a professional orchestral musician there is a path that you can follow in order to… Read more →
You’re in a Forest
You wake up one day in the middle of a thick forest. You don’t know how you got here, but you’re here nonetheless. Somewhere deep down you know that there must be a way through this forest. You know deep down that the trees can’t go on forever. You know deep down that you’ve been tasked with making a path… Read more →
It Gets Better / You’re Still Here
While waiting for some takeout tonight I decided to add a bit of ‘bonus’ cardio to my day. While powerwalking laps up and down the local hill in my neighborhood I came across these: It’s nice to have these little ‘messages from the Universe’ show up in my mental inbox when I need them most. Read more →
Project Fitness (vol. 3)
If at first you don’t succeed, try again. And again. And again. Over and over and over. The number of ‘fails’ doesn’t matter. Every fail is one more chance to learn something new, or remember something that you’d forgotten. Apparently last October I recommitted to working on my fitness. I say ‘apparently’ because it seems that I’d forgotten that I… Read more →
News Fast (vol. 2)
I’ve been here before. The news has become too much to process the last few weeks, and I need to hit ‘reset’ on my brain. My news fast officially starts tomorrow, as today I’ve already taken in some of the tragedy and the heartache that is the 24 news cycle. This is a simple little post to remind myself of… Read more →