“The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we.” ~Author unknown, as quoted in Mimi Guarneri, The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Reveals the Secret Language of Healing During my Qigong retreat several weeks ago, I spent one session in tears. It was an interesting experience that I think [...] Read more »
The Little Red Hen
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. Zen Proverb We worked this week-end, all week-end. We had ten cords of logs delivered and deposited between our house and our neighbor’s. We sawed, split, stacked and then cleaned the debris and took it away in two truckloads. I felt like a [...] Read more »
What Makes Us Rich?
Some days are diamonds, some days are stone. John Denver I’m having a stone day. I don’t feel like thinking; I don’t feel like writing; I don’t even feel much like talking. I am not depressed about anything. I’m not upset. I just don’t care. Normally I would be worried about that but since we [...] Read more »
Returning to Love
We can hardly even imagine a world in which all of us were in love, all the time, with everyone. There would be no wars because we wouldn’t fight. There would be no hunger because we would feed each other. There would be no environmental breakdown because we would love ourselves, our children and our [...] Read more »
