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The Last Flip of the Perpetual Calendar
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... is I just don’t have time to dwell on that yearning. And so, with exactly two weeks left before returning to full-time duties, I can honestly say I look forward to getting back into the education ...
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July 2010 State-of-the-Household Letter
(Journal/Journal)
... health-care infrastructure guided mostly by their desire to avoid litigation—don’t get me started). The ups and downs of this medical year are chronicled in the blog, so I won’t repeat here. Suffice ...
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Remorse, TN
(My Writing/Poetry)
no, no, no I will not do it again. I said I would love you forever, but I can’t, I don’t. I am so sorry and deeply regret my too-early commitment to a life of green grass and white ...
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Where Do Prompts Come From?
(Twelve Doors/Twelve Doors)
... This is what aspiring writers do. And you don’t need a teacher to help you do it. If this is true, you may be asking, why have you written a book of prompts? Well, to tell the truth, this book is as ...
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Misguided Yogi
(Lessons from the Mat/Lessons from the Mat)
... We hear this over and over in our classes. No competition on the mat. Be where you are. Accept your practice where it is, and don’t judge it. However, though I have espoused these notions, for myself ...
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Lean in to the Difficulty
(Influences/Influences)
... of interacting with our experience. We look at it directly to see what it can reveal. We don’t turn away. I’m sure I have not explained those three methods very well, for they all seem much like ...
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Can You Wiggle Your Toes?
(Journal/Journal)
... Is that the antidote to disappointment? You get that you are disappointed and that is a condition of living and you go on? Is that enough? I don’t know. A moment like this is very important in ...
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April 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... hate to accept help, even from yourself. You are swollen with your own self-importance: if you don’t save the world, who will? You are attached to that hyper-active life. That attachment is crippling ...
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A New Kind of Balance
(Journal/Journal)
... alone in this one-legged project I’ve been given. It’s hard work most of the time. And if I’m not careful, self-esteem can plummet. I don’t like seeing myself in such a debilitated state. I don’t like ...
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Pop
(Journal/Journal)
... pain of not getting what you want; the pain of getting what you don’t want; and the pain of being conditioned by circumstances beyond your control. Because nothing in life is ever final or complete, everything ...
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What is Your Dharma This Year?
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... at the Stairs, says to the protagonist: “Don’t make your own life your project in your own life: a complete waste of time.” We all laughed at that, especially because the protagonist is a young college ...
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February 2010 Reading
(Influences/Influences)
... why I can’t do it. I travel too much. (I don’t.) I need a partner to help me with the responsibility of a dog. (Didn’t have that when I was married, so I’m wondering why I need it now.) Having a dog ...
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Get quiet, soften, a way will open.
(Influences/Influences)
... looked up at me and said, “No, don’t come down, Lezlie. Get quiet; work it out.” Such good advice, because the inside of my head was thunderous, full-out racket. I was rattled beyond description, fearful ...
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The Worst Thing About Living Alone
(My Writing/Poetry)
... I’m short on money but long on time, slowly strollin’ in the sweet sunshine. I’m runnin’ late but don’t need an excuse. I’m wearin’ my brand new shoes.” You sing at the top of your lungs and ...
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The Last Issue Of Poets & Writers Magazine
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... I with advice on writing. And I have ignored the calls for manuscripts in the back of the magazine for years. Still, I’ve held on to the subscription out of I-don’t-know-what: duty, or guilt, or shame. ...
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The Thicket of Views and Opinions
(Journal/Journal)
... end of the chapter twenty-three of The Wise Heart is called “Don’t Know Mind” and it’s probably yet another example of this book offering me exactly what I need at the very moment I need it. This will ...
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Best Laid Plans. . .
(Journal/Journal)
... teacher’s practice. And though I do have a deep practice in breathing, moving, and striving for focus on the mat, and though I do practice the ashtanga eight-limbed path, I don’t have a strong or flexible ...
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Two Buddhas in One Day
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... never actually make it out the door. I’m all bluff when it comes to this affair, and I just don’t get why. (What do I see in him, anyway?) What decent, self-respecting college graduate would allow such ...
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Hating Writing/Loving to Have Written
(Sabbatical/Sabbatical)
... I think about trying to revise chapter four. I probably should call Jeff Davis and have a coaching session with him. He could get me off square on--maybe. But I don’t want to reveal myself to be so ...
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Recognizing My Inner Border Collie
(Journal/Journal)
... to please them. They need to have work. If they don’t have work, they will create work for themselves. If they’re inside the house for too long and not able to be out herding or organizing, they will ...