Yesterday I spent the better part of the morning trying to clear a clogged drain. Took me longer than expected, because it was not the usual easy. During the process, as I waited for some ingredients to work their magic, I couldn’t help thinking how much of life we take for granted. In this instance, water from the tap, the drain doing its job quietly, the flush working, electricity—and so on. You know what I mean. I had to smile,…
“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.” – Ralph H. Blum Seems like just the other day I had a birthday—and seems like this one…
I really meant to get his post up on time, but zero network, stress over something that needed my offline presence and a multitude of other tiny things kept me from…
So many things happening over the past week. The Dalai Lama turned 83 This blog turned 15 My health blog turned 10 From the time I began my career, July has…
Have you heard of the medieval practice of torturing people by being “drawn and quartered”? This outdated technique, which was intended to inflict great amounts of pain on its victims by…
Dayenu is a concept mentioned in the Jewish Haggadah which defines the order of the Passover Supper, the Seder, celebrating the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery (Book of Exodus).…
February, the shortest month of the year, somehow seemed like the longest. Yet, I’ll keep this post shorter than usual. This time, my mantra is, Nothing is permanent …because, this too,…
