Zen Moments

“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 [...]

“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 [...]

“Who is this man?” Mary Menth Andersen was 31 years old and had just married Norwegian Dag Andersen. She was looking forward to starting a new life in Åsgårdstrand in Vestfold with him. But first she had to get all of her belongings across to Norway. The date was November 2nd, 1988. At the airport [...]

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 [...]

“…the answer is staring you in the face – if only you can see it” Depression can appear to be without antidote. For years I struggled with it, even though I made a good living from my paintings and to the observer, my life typified the creative dream. Horses had always been my passion and [...]

“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 [...]

“It was palpable… I could feel his words…” I had an amazing thing happen last week. It all started with an innocent email from an old friend sharing a highly “web-circulated” story of miraculous magnitude. I may have seen this story before, seemed familiar, but this time “The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget” hit me [...]

“…all I could think of was: life. the good and the bad.” More wonderful replies to the question: “What Inspires You?” from our Twitter and Facebook friends… DixieThorn: Hi! My Inspirations are: Nature, Art, Passion, & Random Acts of Kindness. knitfemme: What inspires me is new people coming into my life doing really interesting things! [...]

“The capacity of the human spirit to overcome against all odds…” More wonderful replies to the question: “What Inspires You?” from our Twitter and Facebook friends… Allison Doyle: The moon, nature, my children, my dogs and many of the new people i’m meeting on facebook. what inspires you? Katy Dawes: The sunset, sunrise, Friends, Family, [...]

“It’s about brightening up people’s lives and putting a bit of green and flowers into the grey areas of London…” ITV news joins Richard Reynolds and guerrilla gardeners on the London lavender field in March 2006 “When Richard Reynolds began planting flowers secretly at night outside his tower block in South London he had no [...]