Month: September 2012

4am and Evie is whining. Whining. It wakes us up and is mighty annoying. I open the door and summon her and she plops down on the rug in our bedroom. No, she doesn’t have to go to the bathroom and no, she isn’t sick. So get out we say and go back to bed.…

Of course! the path to heaven doesn’t lie down in flat miles. It’s in the imagination with which you perceive this world, and the gestures with which you honor it. Mary Oliver, from The Swan</ Imagination. I was with a friend at Smith Point Beach this weekend and the ocean was wild. A tornado watch…

From Thich Nhat Hanh The quality of your action depends on the quality of your being. Suppose you’re eager to offer happiness, to make someone happy. That’s a good thing to do. But if you’re not happy, then you can’t do that. In order to make another person happy, you have to be happy yourself.…

The Buddha speaks about the “second arrow.” When an arrow strikes you, you feel pain. If a second arrow comes and strikes you in the same spot, the pain will be ten times worse. The Buddha advised that when you have some pain in your body or your mind, breathe in and out and recognize…

The Buddha speaks about the “second arrow.” When an arrow strikes you, you feel pain. If a second arrow comes and strikes you in the same spot, the pain will be ten times worse. The Buddha advised that when you have some pain in your body or your mind, breathe in and out and recognize…

Here is this delicious dog and his sister Evie.

Cultivating Equanimity If you work hard at something but find that too many obstacles prevent you from accomplishing it, you may have to give up. In that case, you shouldn’t get depressed. Conditions aren’t right. Perhaps this will change, perhaps it won’t. You are not a failure. Becoming upset only causes suffering. – Master Sheng…