Weapons of Mass Distraction. Maybe you need to rethink your relationship with your phone.
Read more“When someone is seeking," said Siddhartha, "it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything, because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free…
Read moreGather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. BY ROBERT HERRICK Reduce distractions : you cannot stop and gather the rosebuds with your nose stuck in your phone. Duh. We get tired of hearing it. We get tired of telling ourselves this. But then we get the itch and the twitch and we for…
Read more"Taking a Break" by Ian Livesey is licensed under CC PDM 1.0 Are you considering taking a break? Are you currently on break? I took a break. And I learned a lesson. I can't take a break from certain things. I can change focus or change the activity, but I can't take a break. I took a break from my diet and my brain heard that I was taking a…
Read moreI wrote the following piece as part of my master herbal work and thought it might help others consider the work and activities they do through different eyes. I hope you enjoy: In fiber arts there is a saying, from sheep to shawl. It is a quick way to describe a lengthy process. Beginning with a raw fleece (unprocessed animal hair such as a whole lamb fleece), it …
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