Category Archives: 06/25/2020

I have chosen to forego scenes like this one for the rest of my life. To take these images I have to be where the images are. In two months I will step into my 83rd year and the zeal for the journey, any journey, is long past. So I look through the old imagesContinue reading “October 08, 2026”

People are God the way waves are the ocean. How are we to go about being God? How are we to make the fact that we are God apparent and real in our life? How do we bring God forth in our life? We take this as our foundational problem into every day, and doContinue reading “October 07, 2026”

I am perennially amazed to be here, now. How did that happen? How did I get from there, then to here, now? What were the chances of that happening? The same thing applies to you and your life. What are the chances that you would be reading this here, now? The odds were definitely againstContinue reading “October 06, 2026”

After a certain age we get it figured out. We know what matters and what to do about it, and what doesn’t matter and leave it alone. Some of us are angry about everything all of the time, and I laugh at pretty much everything and let it be. We can’t do anything about muchContinue reading “October 05, 2026”

Walking slowly through the majestic scenes is my favorite way of spending time with the things time was made for. Being there is what we were made for. Silent witnesses of natural beauty. That is our place in life. We are born for wonder, gratitude, appreciation, amazement and the sheer delight of being alive. ItContinue reading “October 04, 2026”

Wholeness is a fantasy. We all walk with a limp. The idea of perfection is a burden from birth. Whose idea was that? Living to be one with ourselves, and proud to be who we are is enough of a load. Let’s be satisfied with that! And see the Ideal Us as the fiction itContinue reading “October 03, 2026”

Keeping things the way they ought to be is too much for the average person. We have to let some things go. Weeding the flowerbeds ranks low on my list of deeds worthy of my attention. And keeping the car washed. Being a cork on the water or a leaf in the wind are highContinue reading “October 02, 2026”

Wu-Wei is the Tao at work in the Cosmos, getting things done without doing anything. The way a glacier moves, or melts. The way water creates the Grand Canyon over time. The way the Appalachian Mountains produce Balds where trees do not grow. The way things are, and also are. Who knows how? Or why?Continue reading “October 01, 2026”

The Tao is the natural flow of things, how things are, the way things are expected to be. Being aligned with the Tao is being at home with how things are done and are fluent with how things follow each other and able to dance with any tune the band might play next. Being comfortableContinue reading “October, 2026”

James Joyce said the “Secret Cause” of our death is the driving force of our life. The thing that is most true about us and most valuable to us will be what kills us. Maybe it is our impatience. Our being in a hurry. Our failure/refusal to take our time with anything. I like toContinue reading “September 30, 2026”

Where would you like to spend the rest of your life? It’s looking out the window for me, and I don’t care where the window is. I can look out the window anywhere, which means I am perfectly content to be where I am. I think that means having it made. Like a cork onContinue reading “September 29, 2026”

There is how things are, and there is how we want things to be. And how accommodating we can be is the story that tells the tale.