Tag: buddhism

When I emerge from a dark night of the soul, it’s often because I’ve stopped trying to hide in the light.

Sometimes you need to fight, strive, and swear. That approach is often romanticized in movies and television. But I believe the truly enduring approach is to simply persist in solving problems, both great and small.  Add in all the romanticism you want, but in the end, I believe that this approach is not only the…

Theres a kid inside my mind.  He wants me to make sense of all the horror and wonder contained in the world, and lace it into a compelling narrative—a narrative that lifts his heart, opens his thoughts, and inspires him to write a story of his own. I think when we craft a story for…

Show up, execute the best plan possible, then pick out lessons of value later on.  How simple and difficult is that?  I’m all for traditions that advocate that approach. As far as the others go, I would examine their methods with a wary eye; I’ve seen too many people hide behind platitudes, justifying their lack…

I think of pain as a great leveler, as well as a possible gateway into the sublime.  It can bring us together, it can wipe away ignorance and propagate wisdom, it can catalyze for amazing art (pain touches everyone, and in its universal reach, gives rise to truth).  I think of it as a caustic…

Stubbornness really doesn’t impress me, as it seems to be an abundant commodity; it seems that whenever you butt up against anything someone deeply identifies with, you invariably make them stubborn. I’m impressed by someone who proactively engages with a problem, and does their best to solve it.  Regardless of whether it fits within the parameters…

When “whatever works” gets consistently re-interpreted into “whatever feels good”… Then it doesn’t work, and it stops feeling good.

Who doesn’t love that short burst of training montage, where the monotony is small and the struggle is dramatic?  That’s an easy thing to love; the movie industry has it down to a science. It’s much harder—and infinitely more rewarding—to fall in love with the real thing.

After a base level of discipline has been established, it seems that “not quitting” is no longer the primary concern.  The major determinant to success, at that point, seems to be quitting everything that’s holding me back.