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…
Life’s Coupons
I don’t know about y’all but in our daily paper at least twice a week I’m overwhelmed by coupons. Primarily coupons for things I don’t want or need, but even if I were to devote the time they hardly seem worth the effort. So usually the coupons section of the paper is dumped in the…
Laughter
That day is lost which one has not laughed. — French proverb I have to read a newspaper every morning primarily for the comic section. I have been fortunate in the fact that most every where I have ever lived the local paper has had a good comics section. I actually think the NY Times could…
Resentments In The Closet
It seems like I’ve always owned at least one comfortable shirt that I call my lawn mowing shirt, even though I haven’t mowed a lawn in a very long time. The shirt is usually worn thin, has a few small holes in it, but each time I go to the closet it calls to…