Zen Moments

I lost twin babies to death at a few days of age. That was forty years ago. The circumstances of the time prevented my expression of grief until I recently found catharsis in the writing of the poem below. THE SMILES Tomorrow will be another day, some told me, to offer solace or new hope [...]

“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 [...]

“I don’t think that I have done anything more important in my life…” Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. It was a cowboy’s life, a life for someone who wanted no boss. What I didn’t realize was that it was also a ministry. Because I drove the night shift, my cab [...]

No matter our disposition, we still have a choice…” By Lara Owen March 12 2008, Soreze, France. I walked Balthazar this afternoon a little way along the lane to the next village, accessible from Soreze by a path that runs along the edge of the mountain. On the way back we met a sad-looking older [...]

“How can something so sad be beautiful at the same time?” On Feb.2.2007, a series of tornadoes ripped through Volusia and Lake Counties in Central Florida, killing 19 people, injuring more than 50 and destroying hundreds of homes. This is their story through the eyes of an affected journalist. It’s the kind of call you [...]

“No-one has ever done anything like this for me, lady…” I had a very sad experience on Wednesday night after Yoga. It was about 8.15 pm and I was in a hurry to get back home. Just as the class ended it started to rain heavily, and I was cursing for not having brought an [...]

“…just for an instant, the entire universe seemed perfectly balanced…” Over the summer after my first year at university, I got a job as a porter at the hospital where my mother worked. Aside from all of the patient transport, waste disposal, message carrying and numerous other duties, one of our jobs was to move [...]

“I talked to him about many things…” “My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer,” the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky. “Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it [...]

“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 a great energy [...]