Last week I asked for feedback the conundrum between impermanence and attachment. I also said that soon I would try to explain it. As an experiment I asked Bard, Google’s new AI, to explain the conundrum. The following is Bard’s answer. Pretty cool, huh? “Impermanence is the nature of all things, including ourselves. Everything…
Month: March 2023
How Soon We Forget
I watched with interest the news about the LA strike by school workers. I was surprised to hear that many of the workers were making less than $24,000 a year in California no less. It has not been that long ago when COVID hit and we grew to appreciate the unseen workers who help us…
Life Full of Grace
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. — Romans 8:1. I read this morning, “Saint Paul often writes about a life lived under the law versus a life under grace.” Those words and today’s verse struck a nerve. If we live long enough, one will have regrets, engage in self…
Ups and Downs
At some point, you realize that life does indeed have ups and downs. Just when we think thing couldn’t be better, something happens that knocks us down. The good thing is that it works in reverse, when we are down and out, something brings us joy. The longer we live the more we become aware of…
Anything Is Possible
A consistent theme at last night’s Oscars was anything is possible and to follow one’s dream. I was encouraged because there was John Williams who is in his nineties being nominated for an Oscar, and over eighty year old, Harrison Ford, is still making an Indiana Jones movie and presented the Oscar for Best Movie.…