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Category: emotion

  • Never Let Go

    A good friend sent me an article about letting go. Letting go sounds liberating but dangerous, which is not how I’m accustomed to living. I’m as much in love with my future as I am with today, if not more. I like working, learning, growing, building and progressing. I like the feeling of strength and…

  • The Virtues of Hardship

    Primarily in America there is an overwhelmingly widespread belief that everything should be easy, and that we should always be happy.  While I’m no antagonist of happiness, I do think that obsessing over it is actually counter-productive to achieving it, and also leads people into some otherwise easily dodged traps, foolish decisions, and unreasonable expectations.

  • Get Over It

    Hypnogogia Apparently, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I woke earlier than usual, naturally through hypnogogia and into a bizarre state of anger with my alarm clock for failing to wake me up. What the hell was I dreaming about? Sciatica I tried to fall back asleep but failed,…

  • Words Create Worlds

    It is existentially frustrating to imagine that each of us is running around the world, our own individually perceived worlds, trying to connect and communicate with each other. We have developed a system of communication to elicit feelings, thoughts and ideas that we wish to share. However, many times words don’t suffice to convey what…

  • Tonight I Craved Eggs

    I slept in this morning, took my time getting to work, and enjoyed one of my most productive days at work this year. I ignored my alarm, several of them, and for hours a chorus singing songs of guilt and shame. I took my time in the shower and had a late breakfast when I…

  • Cultivate Equanimity

    Cultivate Equanimity

    If your mind becomes firm like a rock And no longer shakes In a world where everything is shaking Your mind will be your greatest friend And suffering will not come your way. -poem from the Therigatha Steadiness and strength of mind in the midst of stress, chaos and uncertainty of life, is not a…