You rush from one task to the next conditioned by a false sense urgency. The modern obsession is about getting more done in less time. The seduction of busyness and its rapid cycles that oscillate back and forth between this and that. Efficiency is the self-imposed tension of getting more things done in less time. […]
On the Frontiers of Experience
Refuse a Return to Normal
Now is the time for you to refuse a return to normal. You possess an innate desire for stability. You want the pattern of your life to stay the same. You strive to keep uncertainty confined. You attempt to force the unexpected into submission. You hide yourself from change. Most of all, you avoid contemplation […]
Within Your Vulnerability is Wisdom
Vulnerability is the essence of your presence in this world. You will not live forever. You forget that time is your most precious resource. You live as though the day is disposable. You wait until all those false contingencies are resolved. You inhabit a life that is not your own. You worry that time is […]
Inside a Pandemic
It is a strange and unsettling time. Our lives take place inside the foreboding realm of a pandemic from which there is no retreat. Creatures too small to be seen surround us. The most virulent of these organisms can turn an entire village into a graveyard. A haunting sense of uncertainty infects our sensibilities. Covid-19 […]