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Tag Archives: Buddhism
Grateful for Mistakes
“What seems a mistake sometimes turns out a vital way forward on our healing path.” – Stephen Mitchell. How often do your missteps turn into good things? Mine sometimes do. Though sometimes, as in this story, it takes a very hard road to realize the benefit. Continue reading
Posted in healing, miracles, Self-Care Support, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddhism, healing, hospitals, multiple sclerosis, physical therapy
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It All Starts with You
All change, personal, social or political, starts with yourself. You can’t change anything without having it change you, too. Continue reading
Posted in Reasons to Live, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddhism, change, codependence, Eileen Lighthawk, healing, social change, wounded healers
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Other People’s Joy
If you can be happy for other people’s good fortune, you will have an endless supply of things to be happy about. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged acceptance, Buddhism, cats, children, happiness, insecurity, labor, mudita, polyamory, relationships, sharing
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Life and Death are Relative
As we do about once a year, Aisha and I were watching ducks in a small lake in Golden Gate Park, across the road from a stand of redwood trees. The mallards with their gorgeous green heads, the black and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Amy Tan, Bob Marley, Buddhism, Chuang-Tzu, Day of the Dead, death, ducks, Golden Gate Park, Heaven, Jill Taylor, Lao Tzu, peace, quantum mechanics, survival, Taoism, Zen
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