Three things have happened—recently and in rapid succession—in my life and I’m enjoying watching for all the ways they’re interconnected. Thing 1: I restarted my too-long dormant meditation practice. Thing 2: I adopted a dog. His name is Rufus. Thing 3: I was laid off as part of a “restructure.”…
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Resonance
From Wikipedia: “Resonance is a phenomenon that occurs when an object or system is subjected to an external force or vibration that matches its natural frequency.” Also from Wikipedia: “Limbic resonance is the idea that the capacity for sharing deep emotional states arises from the limbic system of the brain….
It’s not you. It’s not me. It’s US.
A deceptively simple-seeming concept I’ve been giving a lot of thought to recently can be summed up like this: “It’s not you. It’s not me. It’s US.” Seeing a relationship like this lets both parties see it as something outside themselves. Something that exists independently, and therefore as something that…
Shift Your Perspective
This is an amalgamation of what started out as 3 posts on a previous blog. I’ve edited it heavily and in the end decided to combine the whole thing into one longer piece, hoping that the resulting total is indeed more than the sum of its parts. Trust me, it’s…
Paying Attention…on Purpose
Before you ask, no, this won’t devolve into a rant about the “attention economy.” At least, I hope it won’t. Paying attention is a bit of a trigger for me these days. After being knocked off my motorcycle by an inattentive driver who ran a stop sign I started seeing…
Who decided we all needed to have our collective shit together, anyway?
A lot of ink, digital and otherwise, has been spilt discussing the cult of busyness in society these days. So if you think I’m going to spill more in an attempt at muddying the waters with yet one more opinion…you’re right. You know me so well. Despite my best efforts,…
Ditching the iPad-first setup
I’ve reverted back to laptop first for most things. Don’t get me wrong, I love my iPad Air. What I don’t love is the hand/wrist cramps I got while trying to use the “Magic” Keyboard or the eye strain from working on a long piece while the iPad sat on…
Liminality as a State of Being?
(Ed. Note: there are no answers in this essay, just thoughts and ideas) I’ve been feeling an increasing sense of what I can only describe as liminality recently. I don’t mean that in any sort of dystopian way, like the world is becoming one big waiting room for Armageddon or…
Know Your Why, Part I
If you don’t know why you’re doing what you’re doing—how can you counter someone who says you’re doing it wrong? My grandma used to say something that drove me, and the rest of the family, nuts. “You’re right, I can’t.” That is one of the most deceptively simple-sounding, yet incredibly…