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The Work’s the Thing

I’m digging through my notes today, trying to find a particular quote by Einstein.  He puts a thought in such an excellent way, as usual, that I really don’t want to reform it here. But, essentially, he says that he finds the world of math and theoretical physics to be absorbing consolation for all the [...]

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The Cat & the Sparrow

The moral of this story is:
Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy. (Spiders, please remember that.)…

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Stupid Conversations I Have With People – Again

These conversations are actually true. *rolling eyes* More’s the pitty.

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From the War Zone

“This is where I tell you that early to bed early to rise is a lie, predawn meditation is not what it

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Immersion

“Twenty minutes post-launch, I look behind us. Magically, the wharf and shore of Witless Bay have receded. I realize they’re now beyond swimming range. I am at the mercy of whales, waves and wind.”

When I was 17, I was a research assistant for a PhD student in biology. He was studying Herring Gull Ecology at a secluded island bird sanctuary off the coast of Newfoundland. Here is the story of my first day on the job. We land on the island. I start to understand what I will be up against during the next 3 months.

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Mirror Mirror

A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror.

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Who shall command the skylark not to sing?

“You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?”

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Big Lesson Day

Very sady today.

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40 Days of Compassion, Day 39

And that, is, in a nutshell, how to bypass the anger and the frustration and the fear and hold on to a compassionate mindset. Keep the larger purpose in mind.

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