Being In A World Of Doing

Being In A World Of Doing

In our fast-paced, achievement-oriented culture, where being busy is often seen as a badge of honor, it’s easy to reach the end of each day with a critical eye, tallying up our accomplishments. We frequently find ourselves asking, “Did I do enough...
The Final Frontier

The Final Frontier

I’ve been puttering in my garden. I love my garden. But I find puttering to be a challenge. You see, I’m a big believer in action: Doing, achieving, accomplishing; moving like a shark lest I perish from inertia. Steeped, as I am, in the cultural paradigm...
Achieve No Thing

Achieve No Thing

Achieve nothing.  Kind of like jumbo shrimp. As I stretched out for my run the other morning, I began to read an article in the Buddhist publication Tricycle on the spiritual pitfalls of multi-tasking. Tricycle is an excellent quarterly filled with...
Hanging By A Thread

Hanging By A Thread

Do you every feel like you’re fighting a forest fire with a squirt gun? Or like a tiny silver ball in a pin ball machine? Life comes fast and furious. Worries about the economy; and war. Juggling kids and work. The non-stop onslaught of emails, text messages,...