Everything is Constantly Changing
"When you read it you realize that everything is constantly changing, and that that is, at least often, the key to a great story..."
~ Ben Marcus
Benefits Before Mastery
Mindfulness meditation is extraordinarily simple to describe, but it isn't easy to perform. True mastery might require special talent and a lifetime devotion to the task, and yet a genuine transformation in one's perception of the world is within reach for most of us. Practice is the only thing that will lead to success.
~ Sam Harris
My Tribe is Scattered
Oh, I have made myself a tribe
out of my true affections,
and my tribe is scattered!
~ Stanley Kunitz
Our One Work
How many nights must it take
one such as me to learn
that we aren't, after all, made
from that bird that flies out of its ashes
Small Wins and Deliberate Mediocrity
"Tiny goals, even absurdly tiny ones, can be an effective way to sneak under the radar of your mind, which always stands ready to procrastinate on, or otherwise resist, bigger ambitions: you might laugh at the idea of doing 15 seconds of exercise, but for exactly that reason, you’re also much less likely to resist it. (The next day, make it 20 seconds, and so on.)"
~ Oliver Burkeman
Everything Transforms
You are closer to glory
leaping an abyss
than upholstering a rut.
Nothing perishes;
nothing survives;
everything transforms!
~ James Broughton