Exploring How Change Affects People
Last night I dreamt that I had forgotten something. Perhaps because last evening, I got together with a good friend, someone whose company I always enjoy, but we always drink just a little too much. I wasn’t reeling (I think) and I remembered to do all the things I had to do before going to …
Yesterday I had brunch with some friends. One of them brought along a bag of books that he had cleaned out of his shelves and he thought might appeal to us, in the hopes that we would take them home with us, and he wouldn’t have to carry them home through the rain and up …
Last week, I felt like I needed a change. I was impatient with my beloved, who says that any time he just likes spending time with me, then cocoons himself in TV, phone, and laptop all at once. Fine, I said, if you just want to spend time with me, we can do it somewhere …
Today it is Valentine’s Day. As I was posting my blogs for the month, I kept skipping today on the calendar because I felt I should write something about love. But other things kept coming up. I went to bed late last night so I gave myself permission to sleep in until 6 am this …
Meditating can be really boring. Really, I think, that’s the point: you create a situation where your mind will be naturally bored, and then you train your mind to recognize when it’s escaping from the boredom, and force it to stay with the boredom. And then other emotions come up, and you train it to …
