As far as animal-based metaphors go, it doesn’t get much better than “monkey mind.” A Buddhist term, “monkey mind” refers to a mental or emotional state that is untamed, confused, or restless. Most of us are familiar with visits from this simian symbol as we attempt to cozy up under the blankets at night, ready …
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An Unsolicited Commencement Address To the Graduating Class of 2022
“What a long, strange trip it’s been.” When Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter, and Bob Weir – otherwise known as the Grateful Dead – wrote those words 52 years ago, they perfectly described America’s tumultuous journey through the 1960s. The Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, the Civil Rights movement, the Kennedy and King assassinations, the …
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Nineteen Kiddos
Nineteen kiddos aren’t being jostled out of bed this morning. They aren’t rubbing their eyes, complaining for just a few more minutes of sleep. They aren’t grumbling as they stumble into the bathroom. Nineteen kiddos aren’t getting dressed this morning. They aren’t leaving their pajamas in the middle of the bedroom floor for someone else …
Hold My Hand, Look In My Eyes, Take a Deep Breath
She grasps his calloused hand. Her delicate fingers tug desperately to keep from falling further than she’s already gone. He nimbly wraps his round, craggy fingers around her wrist, ready to pull her up or, if need be, fall with her to the depths below. They’ve both been at this precipice before, sometimes their positions …
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Frozen Out of an Education
In my school’s after-school program yesterday, I was placed with the kindergarten and first grade group. Fifteen kiddos settled in to learn a bit about the Arctic. Whether the teacher in charge of the group planned this in coordination with the weather coming straight from the North Pole or not, I can’t say for sure. …
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