I walked into a really rough
bar and a big bald guy said
“What the fuck are you
looking at?”

“Oh goody,” I thought “Quiz
night!” …read more    

Some guy accused me of
trying to pick pocket him
today.

“You’re too slow for me,” he
laughed, “Now fuck off
before I call the police!”

I said, “With what?” …read more    

We can only be said to be
alive
in those moments when our
hearts
are conscious of our
treasures.
So let life’s little treasures be life’s greatest pleasures. …read more    

“Everything can be taken
from a man but one thing:
the last of the human
freedoms—to choose one’s
attitude in any given set of
circumstances, to choose
one’s own way.” …read more    

Just imagine for a moment
the chaos that goes on
beneath the surface of the
soil as a seed bursts forth
from its shell, shoves aside
the soil with deceptive brute
strength and persistence,
and pushes upward. Wow.
Ever feel like that seedling?
It takes a bunch of energy to
create a plant just as it does
to create the life you want.
Not all of it is external.
Before there is a plant, there
is the chaos of a seed of
some kind. Are you in the
midst of a seedling moment? …read more    

As my wife regained
consciousness after a six
month coma, the doctor
said:
“She’s awake sir, you can
speak to her.”
“Ok” I said, “I’ll ask you
again, and this time I want
the truth… where were you
’til midnight?” …read more    

“Tell the truth.” The wife
demanded, “Does this make
me look too fat?”

“Err.. n..no.” I stumbled.
“It’s.. It’s ok.”

“Oh good.” She replied. “As
long as I don’t look
ridiculous.”

“Hang on, you didn’t fucking
ask me THAT.” …read more    

A man and a woman were
having a quiet, romantic
dinner in a fine
restaurant. They were
gazing lovingly at each
other and holding hands.
The waitress, taking
another order at a table a
few steps away, suddenly
noticed the woman slowly
sliding down her chair
and under the Table – but
the man stared straight
ahead.
The waitress watched as
the woman slid all the
way down her chair and
out of sight under the
table. Still, the man
stared straight ahead.
The waitress, thinking
this behavior a bit risque
and worried that it might
offend other diners, went
over to he table and,
tactfully, began by saying
to the man,
“Pardon me, sir, but I
think your wife just slid
under the table.”
The man calmly looked
up at her and said, “No,
she didn’t. She just
walked in.” …read more    

Many of us seek that which
we will flee if we find it. I
have seen this time and
again, both in myself and in
others. We seek, we search,
and then we find a calling
or a relationship that is a
perfect reflection of our
yearning and we turn away
and go back to seeking,
almost as though the light
of our true-path was too
bright for us, too vulnerable
for us, too real for us. This
is a pattern that we have to
recognize and heal or else
we will never stop looking
for what is already there.
True-path is not always
around the next corner.
Sometimes it’s right under
our feet. …read more    

Being with what is
eases pain, alleviates
suffering, & opens the way
for & deepens our ability to
be with shared joy. And real
intimacy is always two-way.
To be with another’s
vulnerability intimately I
must bring my own
vulnerability to the moment.
And when we can’t be
present, when we are
captured by anxiety or
closed down in fear and
unconsciousness, someone
else will be able in this
moment to be intimately
present. And so we lean into
each other, into our shared
humanness and the hum of
the Sweet Mystery that is
within us all. . . .and healing
happens. …read more