Love in the time of pandemic
Recently, a friend mentioned the phrase, “love in the time of pandemic,” (playing on Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera, […]
Category: Personal Insight and Reflection
Contra Konmari: the art of “hoarding” and care for the environment
No, I am not against Marie Kondo’s minimalist philosophy of tidying one’s home, letting go of stuff, clearing the clutter. (I […]
Challenges to Compassion
Our shared suffering over CoVid-19 seems to have finally brought us all together. Imposed quarantine measures experienced globally have somehow made us […]
On Death, Life, and Deadlines
I started reflecting on the theme of this blog the time a friend called last week to ask if I could go […]
To Love One is to Love All
This must be the most difficult month to celebrate Valentine’s Day, with the nCoV scare that cautions us against all the hugging […]
Mamba Mentality in the Buddhist Practice
Author’s Note:I would like to address the elephant in the room: Kobe Bryant’s alleged sexual misconduct (rape case). “Alleged” because it was […]
The thing about friendship…
My daughter and I usually have this series of movies to watch over the Yuletide break as a sort of fun, self-imposed […]