The Old Man and the Salt
A Sufi parable about a teacher who handed his student a glass of water and a handful of salt.
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Daily: Today Is the Day You Have
A small instruction.
The Mustard Seed — Kisa Gotami's Story
One of the oldest stories about grief in any tradition. A young mother, her dead son, and an unexpected lesson.
Book Notes: A Grief Observed, by C.S. Lewis
A small book written in the immediate aftermath of unbearable loss. The most honest pages I know on the subject.
Daily: Thank One Thing That Is Leaving
A small autumn practice.
Everything You Love Is on Loan
An attempt to put into words the truth that makes everything more precious, not less.
Three Sentences That Have Carried Me Through Hard Days
Not affirmations. Not slogans. Three quiet things I have come back to for years.
Book Notes: When Things Fall Apart, by Pema Chödrön
A book for the kind of week you cannot fix. There is more medicine in it than you will be ready to receive.
The Cup Is Already Broken
A story from Ajahn Chah, the Thai forest monk, about the cup on his table.