Recently, I was encouraged to give meditation a try. If you had asked me to do this a few months ago, I would have been skeptical. A few years ago, I probably would have laughed outright. I’ve always been a little unsettled by silence. As a child, I lived in a windy area, and my...
I’ve never considered myself a meditative person. I’ve always been a fast-paced person, trying to get the most efficiency and productivity out of my day. Image credit: Geza Molnar / Pexels In the last few years, I have made a concerted effort to develop a morning...
I remember the call I got seventeen years ago like it was yesterday. In our upstairs apartment in an old Victorian on Third Street in downtown San Jose, I was drained of emotion after my parents informed me that my mom had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. I knew enough...