I took a walk through Lullwater Park before Kol Nidre. I came upon this bench. I was so happy to see the message inscribed in the wood and also delighted by the fact that there’s no way to sit on it. Sometimes we leave messages, intended and unintended, for one another. We never know if, […]
Life Lessons
Learn (#BlogElul 14)
learn yourself what makes you happy and what you do in that happiness what makes you sad and what you do with that sadness what makes you angry and where that anger lives within you what brings you peace and what you do with that peace what makes you smile and what your smile […]
Forgive (#BlogElul 12)
Forgive yourself forgive others forgive God forgive the universe forgive the past forgive the present forgive the future if you believe there is something that needs to be forgiven. But also know that everything that you’ve done, everything that has happened to you, whether human, divine, or self-afflicted, has already been transformed into something other […]
Choose life
The Torah teaches, “Choose life…” Choose life. Choose blessing. Choose laughter. Choose openness to change. Choose fearlessness. Choose spaciousness. Choose loving-kindness. Choose walking. Choose dancing. Choose listening. Choose quieting. Choose responding. Choose awakening. Choose seeing. Choose breathing. Choose compassion. Choose community. Choose learning. Choose honesty. Choose equanimity. Choose love. Choose life.
On Happiness
In “Teachings on Love,” a book I highly recommend, Thich Nhat Hahn writes, Our notions about happiness entrap us. We forget that they are just ideas. Our idea of happiness can prevent us from actually being happy. We fail to see the opportunity for joy that is right in front of us when we are […]
“Now it is time for you to do as you see fit.”
Last night I went to bed reading the news that a black man was found hanging from a tree in Piedmont Park. For those that aren’t familiar, Piedmont Park is basically the Central Park of Atlanta. I was there most recently on the 4th of July after crossing the finish line of The Peachtree […]