Zen Moments

“I had a great time…”

11 year old Brenden Foster was diagnosed with leukaemia, three years before this video was made.
“The boy who once rushed through homework so he could play outside was now confined to a bed.
“I had a great time. And until my time has come, I’m going to keep having a good time,” [...]

“He was looking at that rock with will and determination…”

The incident that I am narrating, happened about 10 years back, and was an eye opener for me.

The place was Nagpur: a small but upcoming town in India where I was born and educated.
Although I had a difficult childhood (after losing both parents early in life), [...]

Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture.

Professor Randy Pausch gave his last lecture at the Carnegie Mellon University on Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed auditorium. In this moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” he talked about lessons he has learned in life and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal [...]

“I was tossing the coin to decide whether to buy an apple or an orange with our last dollar…”

In August 1987, I left my job in Sydney, and hitch-hiked to Ayers Rock to see the Harmonic Convergence – a special alignment of planets which was supposed to usher in the New Age.
My friends at work [...]

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life”

Commencement address by Steve Jobs
CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios
Given to graduates of Stanford University, June 12, 2005 (Duration: 15 mins)
“I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help [...]

“so many shadows whirl, one into another, in silence…”

I crossed the street with my boy. He was one and a half, so it was 3 months ago. We walked away from the grocery store and sat on a hill next to the old Barnes and Noble. We ate a bit of peanut butter and jelly [...]

“Hand in Hand – Beautiful Ballet Dancers”

Li Ma was a beautiful promising professional ballerina when she lost her right arm in a car accident in 1996. She was only 19. Her handsome boy friend walked away from her.
She tried to kill herself, only to be saved by her parents. Her love for her parents gave [...]

“If you’re going to be robbing people for the rest of the night,
you might as well take my coat to keep you warm…”

This is the amazing story of social worker, Julio Diaz, who was on his way home one evening. His normal routine was to get off the train one stop early, to visit his [...]

“How do you let yourself be that honest?”

March holds a special meaning for me as this was the month of both the birth and the death of one of my best friends, and I’ve just gone back and relived the last days of his life.  I wrote this story and thought I’d share it with [...]

“He didn’t like to live in the past, no regrets or blame…”

A Perfect Moment – The Wisdom of Bert on New Year’s Eve 2008
Last night we played a quaint little local pub which had a pretty eclectic crowd. Both my husband Kevin and I enjoyed ourselves immensely as there was [...]