Inspired by my favorite quote — Sit alone in a quiet place and listen to your breathing. Try to hear your heart beat. When thoughts come don’t resist them. Don’t reply to them either. Let them come and go on their own. Read a book in a quiet place, preferably something that brings you peace. Exercise…

We came into the world with nothing and we’re going to leave with nothing. Everything we gain and experience along the way is a gift to be appreciated, and shared, and lost when it’s time for it to be lost. Stop trying to figure it out — whatever it is…

Finding balance in life is not about perfection. Or making sure everything receives equal attention. It’s about avoiding extremes. Trying to strike a perfect balance in life is itself extreme. It can’t be done. We’ll either convince ourselves we’ve done it and not realize we’ve missed something. Or we’ll realize…

Throughout the ages humankind has created myths and many of those myths blossomed into religions. For thousands of years this was our primary way of trying to make sense of the world. Myths also make their way into politics and become the basis for ways of organizing society. Sometimes a…

In recent years it has become harder for me to accept the idea of eating animals. I’m still a meat eater. Almost everyone is. It’s normal for us to eat animals. It’s part of how humans survived for thousands of years. And animals eat other animals. It’s the way of…

Don’t waste time trying to win over your detractors. Use that time to keep doing your thing. Sometimes criticism is justified. And sometimes it’s envy, ignorance, or fear. Criticism often comes from not seeing the whole picture. We’re often convinced that we see the whole picture, but usually we see…

We don’t always have what we want, but we usually have what we need. Things usually don’t turn out the way we imagine they will, but they usually turn out the way they should. Take it one day at a time, deal with what’s in front of you right now…

I just laid on my side for five minutes and now the pain in my shoulder is killing me (written in June, 2020). Yesterday I spent ten-minutes folding laundry and afterward my back was killing me. Two months ago my shoulder was in so much pain I couldn’t move it…

When I was a police officer I was taught that officer safety is essential to public safety. In other words, if you respond to an incident with reckless abandon you might end up dead or seriously injured. Then you’d be no good to the people you’re there to help. To…