All I have is today, this moment, now. I can spend this moment making it the best moment yet with fearlessness, trust, courage, confidence, faith and love or I can waste it with doubt, anxiety, worry, regret, anger, fear, distress and hurt. Knowing that whichever way I choose determines the experiences I will have, I…
Month: April 2016
Time
“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” — Carl Sandburg I was going to write a meditation about Tennessee Ernie Ford and his classic song, Sixteen Tons, but I…
Getting Close
In Bryan Stevenson’s book, Just Mercy, he speaks of his grandmother who used to squeeze him so hard he could hardly breathe. She would tell him while he was in full embrace, “You can’t understand most of the important things from a distance, Bryan. You have to get close.” The moment I read this I was struck with…
Pleasure
Contrary to what some people might believe, there is nothing wrong with having pleasures and enjoyments. What is wrong is the confused way we grasp onto these pleasures, turning them from a source of happiness into a source of pain and dissatisfaction. — Lama Thubten Yeshe, “Introduction to Tantra” I believe it was St. Augustine who…
The Book of Job — “Testing Times”
Of all the books in the Hebrew Scriptures the one so many come back to is the Book of Job. I suspect that is true because so many of us from time to time or for extended periods of time believe we can’t catch a break. We just get caught up on our bills, and…