Feeling limited?
Blind Paralympian Verity Smith is amazing! She was told at the age of eight that due to a rare genetic disorder, she would soon lose her sight. Having competed on horseback since she was five, her response was unexpected. “It’s okay, my horse can see for me.” In the years since losing her sight, Verity […]
If you were the fifth monk?
One of my favorite zen stories is ‘The Four Monks”… Four monks decided to meditate silently for two weeks. They lit a candle and began. By nightfall on the first day, the candle went out. The first monk said: “Oh, no! The candle is out.” The second monk said: “We’re not supposed to talk!” The […]
Has it been a while?
These last 6 months or so have left many of us discombobulated!* And I’m sure that I’m not the only one for whom “it’s been a while!” *isn’t this a funny word for being upset or confused? It’s been a while… since I cleaned out my truck and got the outside washed, but I did […]
English is a crazy language!
After all, there is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple. And English muffins weren’t invented in England nor French fries in France. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea […]