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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
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Tagged acceptance, Buddhism, cats, children, happiness, insecurity, labor, mudita, polyamory, relationships, sharing
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Seeing People Right
Last week I went to a playground with my granddaughter Anaya on a rare sunny day in San Francisco. A mother came in with her seriously disabled nine or ten year old son. He had cerebral palsy, and his mother … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, children, disability, living fully, nonjudgment
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Prepare to be Amazed
“To be awake is to live in a constant state of amazement.” – Jack Kornfield, paraphrasing the Buddha Last month I was lucky enough to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It was a family event; there were eight of us … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, bodies, Carnaval, cells, children, creativity, gratitude, jellyfish, joy, music, ocean within, proteins, sex, tentacles
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Giving It Away
“Live for yourself, you will live in vain. Live for others, you will live again.” – Bob Marley, “Pass It On” Elzéard Bouffier was a shepherd who brought a whole blighted district in Provence, in the foothills of the Alps … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Camden, children, contribution, forests, Giono, giving, Lao Tzu, Maathai, patience, trees
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