August 21st, 2026 I’ve cried during every episode of Ted Lasso. Surprisingly, that is not the part of this post that I am ashamed to admit. One of the main theses of the TV show Ted Lasso is the idea that we can all be better people, but also that we are already of theContinue reading “For What It’s Worth”
Tag Archives: Growth
Meditation Students Wanted
August 16th, 2026 Hey! I have a weird question to ask you! Apparently, I’m the type who just wants to keep learning stuff: I’m now enrolled and working through a course to earn a certification in meditation teaching. This is a practice that’s become an important part of my life and I want to beContinue reading “Meditation Students Wanted”
At a Discount
August 12th, 2026 Last night at work we were talking about identity and it inspired me to come up with a scenario that a fifth-grader could clearly understand. At our restaurant, we have a neat deal: if your name is Gary, you get 50% off your meal (up to $15 [this is not a paidContinue reading “At a Discount”
Spider-Man (and Men)
July 30th, 2026 The new Spider-Man film got me all up in my feels (and tears) today; I want to write a little about why it was so emotional for me (while trying not to spoil it, promise). It’s no secret that Peter Parker is one of my favorite fictional characters of all time. IfContinue reading “Spider-Man (and Men)”
THEY’RE GR•R•REAT!
July 27th, 2026 “Be grateful to everyone.” When I first heard this lojong slogan from Buddhist master Atisha, I thought: duh. It’s obviously good to be grateful; I have learned how to be grateful. In fact, finding and keeping gratitude saved my life. But I was performing half the equation of gratitude. I was onlyContinue reading “THEY’RE GR•R•REAT!”
Sat
July 21st, 2026 A dragonfly convinced me that the decades I spent thinking I would never be able to meditate were wrong. I’ve written about meditation several times here over the years and had repeatedly decided that it was basically stupid and not for me. Turns out I’m just kind of stupid (story of myContinue reading “Sat”
Fight Song
July 3rd, 2026 I saw a t-shirt today that made me sad. It also served as an important statement on the state of this country during our birthday this weekend. The shirt itself was joyously racist and aggressively obnoxious; in other words, it well-represented the administration and its supporters. It’s not always a shirt; sometimesContinue reading “Fight Song”
In The Hunt
June 29th, 2026 Being weeks out from graduation now, the first question people usually ask when they see me in the wild is: “How’s the job hunt going?” My answer is always succinct and honest: it is a nightmare out here. It is a daily humiliation, a habitual humbling, a constant experience of rejection andContinue reading “In The Hunt”
Dual
June 17th, 2026 I don’t know what I am. Zen Buddhism says that in our absolute reality, each of us are the whole universe and nothing simultaneously; in our individual, relative versions of reality, however, I believe the entire point of our existence is to discover who we actually are before we’re gone. Usually whenContinue reading “Dual”
Ceramic Squirrel Cookie Jar
May 31st, 2026 I know that a surefire way to experience heartbreak in this life is to have attachments; this hard-earned knowledge hasn’t stopped me from keeping my mom in a ceramic squirrel cookie jar. A beautiful, diseased tree that lived behind our home was cut down on Friday. Its branches held a dray thatContinue reading “Ceramic Squirrel Cookie Jar”
The Den 