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Difficulty at the Beginning
"Sucking at something is the first step towards being sort of good at something" — Jake The Dog
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On Boredom
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.” — Zen proverb
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Zen & the Art of Starting Over
What do you do when the identity you built your life around dissolves beneath your feet?
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Until Death Do Us Part
What we promised each other that day mattered, but it also wasn’t the point.
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Waking Up Is Messy
Insight interrupts.
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Start Where You Are
As long as you're seeking, you're not practicing. A Zen reflection on goal-setting.
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Unfortify Your Mind
The Stoics taught us to construct an inner fortress to withstand life’s blows. Zen teaches the opposite... to drop the walls entirely.
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Black Swan
Every civilization thinks it can outsmart chaos. Then a Black Swan lands.
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What Can’t Be Said
A meditation on the vast distance between words & truth.
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On Being Lost
Advice from the wise for when you’re feeling lost in life and direction.
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Uncertainty
Losing my home showed me I never truly had one.
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Almost Everything Is Fake
The shadow on the wall is a distortion of the truth that cast it. Turn and face the light.
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