A Mindful Life

Found over at Chad’s: All truly wise thoughts have been thoughts already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Yes, we must think them over again. And over. And over. No, no, I’m not [...]

Oh my, oh my, Dooce has done it again. Some books said that it might take a few weeks (HA!) or months before the procedure could be reconvened, and if youÂ’re one of those women who after only six weeks of shoving her boobs down a bottomless opossum could reconvene the procedure with a smile [...]

Only 136 more visits until my Sitemeter counter marks 15,000 visitors since the inception of this blog (August 2003). To celebrate, I plan to offer small gift to the 15,000th visitor. I was too busy moving to notice when it reached 10,000. Better late than never! I’ll keep an eye on my stats over the [...]

Comparisons are relative, yet when we make them, we tend to feel they are absolute. “She’s prettier than I am. He’s more talented. I’m not thin enough, organized enough, or educated enough as Person X.” We all do this. This week the focus is on making no comparison between oneself and others. Some food for [...]

There’s a fascinating article at WoodMoor Village Zendo about the Western trend toward all things “mindful.” There’s mindful loving, mindful eating, mindful parenting, mindful governing. While it’s encouraging to see the surge of interest in living fully in the moment, practicing Buddhist’s are concerned that the concept is being commercialized away from its roots. The [...]

I admit it. The work of art below is based on code I’ve taken from Mandarin Design. The good thing is, Meg encourages people; the purpose of her blogx is to help the technically challenged learn tips and tricks to make interesting visuals. I ran out of steam before I got to the end of [...]

Live your life the way that feels congruous to your ultimate life project. And if someone smirks at the size of your ass tell them to kiss it. –Tish Parmeley For the entire piece, click here.

I found an essay on how to know when one is done with therapy. As often as people ask a question about how to begin therapy, folks don’t seem to ask how they will know it’s time to call it quits. Psychotherapy involves a relationship between two people and ending any social or professional relationship [...]

Below is the photo of a hero. The existence of people with such compassion heartens me (no pun intended) in this ever-cynical world.

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