Tag: mentalHealth
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Life is not content.
Social media taught us that our worth is measured in numbers. Likes, followers, views, engagement. We chase trends not because we enjoy them, but because we’re afraid of being left behind. We upgrade our phones even when the old ones work perfectly fine. We turn hobbies into side hustles before we’ve even learned to enjoy…
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The wild awake.
A suggested reading pause for today. Like a sesshin with backpacks, the pilgrimage was enough like a retreat that some familiar obstacles rose up for me: comparing mind, grumpy fatigue, sharp self-judgment. But these rarely stuck around for too long, as there were so many other forces ready to bowl them over. Powerful if diaphanous…
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Follow them.
Sick and tired of the escalating enshitification of our worldfrom now onI vowto follow only those who manifest its beauty in the 10,000 waysandthose who stand fearlessly on the lineto un-shitify it.
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It is not a given.
I cannot understand how,On a golden winter afternoon,people on this ferry choose to sit,inside,and scroll,as if tomorrow is a certainty.
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62 and I’m still doing it.
I still try to maintain a regular (ie 3 to 5 sessions a week) fitness program. I find it compliments my daily meditation practice. And at 62 I’m blessed to be able to do so. Mind you, its a totally different bunch of reasons that bring me to the gym these days. I don’t come…
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