Category: Zen Drops
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Sitting in Silence: Zen Drop 30
Very often when I’m alone I find myself sitting in the silence.Not because I’m meditating or trying to clear my mind but because I’ve come to truly love it. Of course it’s never completely quiet.Sometimes the birds are chirping and I hear them but don’t always listen.And the cars go by out the window.Some of…
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An Acquired Taste: Zen Drop 29
Everybody’s got a thing. What’s yours? You have to acquire a taste for cigarettes to enjoy them. And then you love them. Most of the time. And then you have to have them. Same with coffee. It goes beyond addiction. It happens with anything. The familiar. Routine. Comfortable. It’s something like a fake desire. Or…
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The Early Worm Flips the Bird: Zen Drop 28
I’m just working as hard as I can right now.In all ways and meanings of the word work. I’m trying to anticipate my thoughtsand stay ahead of my emotions.Chess or checkers.I’m keeping it all right out in front of me. I know the weather. Jake the Snake Roberts had a deadly wrestling move.Once he had…
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Don’t Poop on the Dog: Zen Drop 27
So you stepped in dog poop. Now what? For starters, the world has enough shit to deal with. Don’t track it all over town. You’ll figure it out. Sometimes people say to “lean in.”Lean into dog shit? No thanks. Sometimes people say everything happens for a reason.Fine. You can explain that while I dig crap…
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Are These Gas Prices High or Something? — Zen Drop 26
Gas prices keep going up.So you’re standing at the pump, watching the numbers climb like it’s a horror movie. Suddenly, a wise old monk walks up and says,“Your resistance is only making this worse.” “Great,” you say. “Does that mean you’re buying?”Because then we might be getting somewhere. We’ve all heard it: grin and bear it.Which…
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Silence is the Loud Unamplified: Zen Drop 25
Read time under a minute. What does it mean to hear?What does it mean to be quiet? There is no empty.No nothing.Not really. So what does it mean to be silent?Noise rises and loops.It fights and feeds on itself. Feeds the senses.But what isn’t loud can’t be heard.Not even softly—just steady.Unrelenting. You only recognize itwhen you…
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BeToKnow: Zen Drop 24
Read time 1 minute. BeToKnow is a stand alone article in our BeToKnow series. The only way to fight a metaphor is to bring a bigger metaphor… It’s an odd collection of articles, this BeToKnow series. No rhyme.No reason. Just this abstract, amorphous through-line—BeToKnow. Devo:Conceptual art. What happens when you go beyond speaking “your truth” and start living it?Better yet,…
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Be Kind To Karma: Zen Drop 023
Read time 1 minute. Be kind to karma. It’s the only karma you’ll ever need. So karma’s a bitch, huh?Well, that’s one way to greet the universe.Let’s call it… a choice. The Germans have a word—schadenfreude—taking pleasure in someone else’s misfortune. Maybe if English had a word like that,we wouldn’t be so quick to call…
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Only LOSERs: Zen Drop 022
Read time 1 minute. Only Losers is a stand alone article in our BeToKnow series. (nothing to defend, nothing to prove, nothing to win) LOSERs Some view life as a game.(He who dies with the most toys… still dies, nonetheless.)And so they’re caught up in all of this winning and losing. But you don’t win at freedom.Freedom is…