In my last post Things I Would Have Liked to Have Known When I Was Younger, I wrote about impermanence, and wouldn't you know it, today's quote from the Waking Up app was this one by Thich Nhat Hanh: "It is not impermanence that makes
Yesterday was my birthday. 70 years old. The 60s are gone, for good, for me, as are my teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s. Geriatric and impotence jokes are starting to appeal to me. When you hit this age, it gives you pause. You now know, without any doubt, that
Three years ago, I ran an experiment at my local supermarket (Kowalski's) where I regularly shop. The experiment was like a phase I study: see what happens when you do something. The something I did was to start "seeing" the employees. To get curious about them.
This post below (and the title) is NOT written by me. It is written by Oliver Burkeman, the author of the sensational book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. Oliver's writing is beautiful and penetrating, and it highlights, in such a warm and wonderful way, our vulnerability