Kinda Nice

Being nice is about you. Being kind is about someone else.

Tiffany Haddish, the Buddha and Me

You may have heard that the actress/comedian, Tiffany Haddish, had a not-so-great New Year’s Eve a few weeks ago. She bombed on stage. It happens to the best of us. Not long after that happened, I decided to do a longer set at a comedy club largely based off of new material I worked on

My Waiting Problem

I’m at Logan Airport in Boston. My flight was delayed four times – and counting (the night is young as it’s only 6:42PM). It’s the end of the day and all I want to do is go home. All I want to do is crawl into bed. All I want is… That’s the problem. “All”

Someone Died Unexpectedly Today

The unexpected condition we know as life is actually quite expected. It may only be that by walking toward it with clear presence that we can truly be free.

Acceptance AKA “What If…”

There is a school of thought or belief that the individual journey we are on is exactly the one we are supposed to be on. It is phrased in many different ways. Perhaps you have heard things such as “it was meant to be” or “it happened for a reason”. I don’t personally subscribe to

I’m back (and squishier than before)

“..within each of us lies the ability to be cracked open a bit more regardless of whether we may consciously or unconsciously be willing to be an active participant.”

Groundlessness

“…t5he ground is really just a perception of sorts and the nature of life is forever changing, unpredictable and not within our control – essentially “groundless”.

The Positive Side of Hopelessness

I have been reading a book by Pema Chödrön, “a notable American figure in Tibetan Buddhism” in which she talks about the benefits of hopelessness. That’s right – not hopeFULness…hopeLESSness. This is not what I had expected at all, as you can imagine. In fact, I thought that in the practice of meditation and being one