Transitions

Transitions

It was nearly ten years ago when I found myself at a crossroads. After years of monastic life – the only world I had known as an adult – I felt a pull in my heart that it was time to move on. I didn’t know what the future held, but I knew that I had grown...
Doing Nothing Is Easy

Doing Nothing Is Easy

To see something takes little effort. And when we see something, doing nothing is easy. Part of the problem we have in today’s times is that we have lost view of the inherent agency each and everyone of us have to be agents of change. It’s become far too easy to...
The Heartivist Legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh

The Heartivist Legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh

Last week, the prolific author and thinker Thich Nhat Hanh died; although in penning that sentence I recognize he would take offense to the very idea. He did not believe in death, once writing:  This body is not me. I am not limited by this body.I am life without...
Meet Me in the Greenhouse

Meet Me in the Greenhouse

Much of our world is oriented around accumulation of financial capital. Even in the non-profit sector, where our service flows from altruistic intentions, the continuous need for fundraising pulls our work back squarely into the exhausting, unceasing capitalist...