“Not-knowing is not easy, it’s not comfortable…” “And what do you do?” Back when I was 21, I was unemployed. I didn’t know what I wanted to do, and I hated that question. “I’m unemployed” was the truth, but I would cringe each time I gave that answer. In those days maybe there was more [...]

“Reach out! Take a chance! Get hurt maybe. But play as well as you can…” MAUDE: Like a puff, Harold? HAROLD: Well, I really don’t smoke. MAUDE: It’s all right. It’s organic. HAROLD: I sure am picking up on vices. MAUDE: Vice? Virtue? It’s best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of [...]

“You watch it all, until the last sliver of golden light vanishes…” Having taught meditation for many years, I’ve found that one of the most common questions I get asked is: “How do I get started?” People often begin with a book and try to teach themselves. But in the beginning you don’t really know [...]

“We must be the change we wish to see in the world” – Ghandi This is a short summary of a powerful, inspirational video which documents the moving transformation of a group of teenagers as they follow Challenge Day’s “Be the Change” program. “The Be the Change movement inspires people to notice what’s happening in [...]

“A tree, would be enough Or even a rock…” …A tree, would be enough Or even a rock, a small creek, A bark shred in a pool. Hill beyond hill, folded and twisted Tough trees crammed In thin stone fractures A huge moon on it all, is too much. The mind wanders… Excerpt from Piute [...]

“…if you choose ‘life’, call me and I’ll be there. “ Today, March 12 2009, I celebrate my third year of sobriety. Today I celebrate life and 1,095 days free of drugs and alcohol. Three years ago today was a dark day for me, yet a turning point in my life. It was the day [...]

“I was angry… we were not going to be staying at a five-star-celebrity-filled-pleasure-factory-resort-spa…” This past summer, my family were planning a trip to California and I was filled with anticipation and excitement. Finally I was going home, back to the state where, not only was I born; but where my father grew up; where my [...]