A Mindful Life

My profession is to be free. –George Sand

When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder if I have made of my life something particular, and real. I don’t want to find myself sighing and frightened, [...]

As I wandered through Google News Search looking for news on life purpose, I came across an interview with Utah Phillips in The Progressive. Philips is a legendary peace activist and folk singer who has recently teamed up with Ani DiFranco to create The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere. The interview covers his thoughts on folk [...]

From an article in the New York Times titled Is Buddhism Good for Your Health?: “In Buddhist tradition,” Davidson explains, “‘meditation’ is a word that is equivalent to a word like ‘sports’ in the U.S. It’s a family of activity, not a single thing.” Each of these meditative practices calls on different mental skills, according [...]

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. –Author Unknown

Kirsten very kindly took time interview me (as part of a meme that’s been making the blog rounds). Below are her questions and my answers:

Twenty-four Brand New Hours, by Thich Nhat Hanh: Every morning, when we wake up we have twenty-four brand new hours to live. What a precious gift! We have the capacity to live in a way that these twenty-four hours will bring peace, joy and happiness to ourselves and others. Peace is right here and now, [...]

The discussion continues regarding the list of tips I posted on how to manage depression. Chad raised some concerns and questions, sincerely and thoughtfully presented. In response to a comment someone left on his blog, he raises another question — an excellent one, though I don’t have an answer. I want to say this nicely [...]

Wry and charming Sheila wrote a post about a concept dear to my heart: practicing kindness. Some call it karma. Others relate it to the Christian scripture about reaping what one sows. The folk adage, “You catch more flies with honey than vinegar” is another way of putting it. Regardless of how it’s articulated, it’s [...]

A creative and poignant bit of writing about what it’s like to be unwillingly childless can be found here. (via Shirl)