Looking and Seeing

I sit by the window, watching the world outside, and I wonder—am I truly seeing, or am I just looking?…

The Wagging Tail

There’s an old saying: the tail wagging the dog. It’s meant to describe something small controlling something much larger, flipping…

This morning, a minor thought lingered in my mind—not a major concern, just a small thing that hadn’t worked the…

I’m driving, and there’s a familiar tension sitting in my chest. I name it: vigilance. It’s the quiet, steady readiness…

The cold air is crisp, fresh, and alive against my skin as I walk. There’s something exhilarating about it, something…

I sit with the weight of the world pressing in—the latest headlines, the endless stream of outrage, the noise of…

As I stand at the sink, hands submerged in warm, soapy water, I notice something shift. A quiet awareness emerges,…

I had been meditating for a while, and my mind had settled into a quiet rhythm when thoughts of roads…

The Grifter I’ve always thought of meditation as a string of pearls. Each daily practice is a single, luminous bead,…

The Growing Hole in the Fabric of Society: And How to Mend It When I was a kid, my grandmother…