This talk is about different ways of being in the world as a social activist. I’m celebrating my 50th anniversary of life with diabetes this month. Strangely, these two sentences…
Success is defined in many ways. One of my favorite definitions is from Deepak Chopra: “The continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals.” Please join me…
My teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, says that “freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it for ourselves.” I would like to share some of Thich…
Pleasure. Happiness. Joy. What do these words bring up for you? How do you define or experience them differently? What does each of these offer you? I’d like to explore…
On March 2, Keren Tischler spoke eloquently on the topic of Trust. She asked the question, “How do we find and foster a genuine trust or a faith in things…
Thich Nhat Hanh says, “The situation of the world is still like this. People identify completely with one side, one ideology. To understand the suffering and the fear of a…
Stories are powerful. When I stop and pay attention, I realize that stories are running through my head all the time! Stories about the world around me, stories about myself,…
I don’t know what your life is like right now. Is it full of joy and excitement? Is it full of sorrow and despair? Anxiety and overwhelm? Our theme this…
This week I would like to share a post from Abbot Tenzin David Zimmerman of the San Francisco Zen Center. I tried so hard to speak on this month’s theme…