Over the last decade or so, I've come across Siddhartha on many people's lists of favorite books. Despite its short length, it sat unread on my shelf for many years. I even carried it around in my bag for a while, but never seemed to be in the right place to pick it up. Last …
Tag: Meditation
Core Values Redux: A 57-week meditation exercise
I am no stranger to writing about Core Values on this blog. Back during my 30 Days of Blogging Challenge, I wrote about how I went through James Clear's list of Core Values, ultimately coming up with a list of five that were either very important in my life or that I wanted to increase …
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#25: Curiosity and Self-Respect
Yesterday I followed up my Core Values post by writing about the three values I chose that I felt are already a guiding part of my life. Today I wanted to comment on the two I added that I wanted to make a higher priority: Curiosity and Self-Respect. I spent some time trying to decide if I should …
#16: On Gratitude Revisited
A year ago I posted for the first time in a long time from a hospital waiting room about how I decided to take on a personal gratitude project for the year. I had recently purchased a little gratitude set that came with 52 letters along with stickers to seal them. The idea was each week to write a …
On Gratitude
It's been more than two years since I posted my first...post, but I figured that sitting in a hospital waiting room with a needle in my arm seemed like as good a time as any to write a second. A few days ago I woke to my right calf cramped up. It had happened once …
Chortles and Harrumphs 