I Like Mantras: Think. Everything is Beautiful
Friday, October 16th, 2009A dear friend of mine one day suggested I find a mantra. I had been trying to think of one for a while. Some ideas popped in my head but sounded forced, cold, not-accurate.
“There’s not a spot that God is not.”
“Let it be.”
Things like these blew around the caverns in my mind while [...]
I know you’re out there
Sunday, September 13th, 2009I used to wake up an hour earlier than usual before elementary school and high school — perhaps once a month, sometimes every day for a week or two. I’d go running. I remember beginning the conversation, “OK. Hi, God. Let’s talk.” These were fairly simple conversations, I thought. [...]
A Poem (meta)phor Me!
Monday, June 29th, 2009The hunger pangs ache
Sustenance is plentiful
Why do I not eat?
The Walking Meditator (or How I Became, “That Guy.”) (Part 1)
Friday, April 3rd, 2009Reading this blog to get to know me is much like looking through a rain splattered stained glass window trying to make out a figure in the distance. You know the direction I’m heading, you comprehend that I am more or less of humanoid characteristics, and you would probably note that I’m either heading in [...]
Lessons in Suffocation: Part 3
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009Today I am going to wrap up and reflect on the previous two posts (post one) (post two) in a different voice / tense than before. This post will make more sense if you’ve read the two posts linked above.
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I neither regret things nor hate people. Doing so wouldn’t undo the events, unspend the time, unbruise [...]
The Spirit of Christmas
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008I found it! For a shining, magical moment… I found the spirit of Christmas amidst the ugly place we call Tysons Corner, Virginia through the horribly selfish and dangerous northern Virginian drivers, beyond the greedy shoppers, and well, well outside the festively (and wastefully) wrapped presents.
I don’t like buying things. I don’t need things. If [...]