Chosen
When I was in elementary school, I was neither athletic nor popular.
Enough
Most human cultures – including our own – in one way or another lean on fear.
The grand vision
The difference between the masters and the rest of us is not that they were born with a larger vision
Subjectivities
Reflecting on isolation, a friend notes that, to the extent that our sense of self derives from our interactions with others, when we are cut off, those parts of us begin to atrophy.
Intentions and Values
As I said yesterday, a resolution on its own is not robust enough to effect change.
Starting again
For many years I refused to make new year’s resolutions.
Refusing to refuse
The poet and philosopher David Whyte observes that humans seem to have the unique quality to resist being who we are.
A too-small reality
It is easy to get caught in the web of a too-small vision of reality
Boxing day
Its archaic origins shrouded in the mists of time, “Boxing Day” dates back to the 1830s
Incarnation
Today, Christians around the world (minus the Orthodox churches) celebrate the feast of Christmas.