Satisfied with Existence

Satisfied with Existence

For a long time I have sought answers to some of the most basic questions of life. I’ve read the Torah, Bible, Qur’an, the 8 Fold Path, and various other religious texts seeking insight.

Yes I’m in a Fraternity.  No, I’m not Greek

Yes I’m in a Fraternity. No, I’m not Greek

I went to your standard-fare Midwestern land-grant university; the kind that prides itself in having one of the “oldest/largest/top/pick your superlative” Greek systems in the country. For 4 years I was part of an undergraduate chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta at this university, yet for all 4 of those years I never considered myself to [...]

I Want to be Someone Else

I Want to be Someone Else

I mean who says that I have to continue being the same person I’ve been all my life?

Roots?

Roots?

In the back of my mind I always believed that I would eventually settle somewhere. In the back of my mind I also realized that I never knew where that somewhere would be or when it would actually take place. So since it was in the back of mind, I never cared much about the outcome of that question. This, of course, was all before I was expecting a child.

Zen & The Art of Strolling

Zen & The Art of Strolling

The best thing that we can do to combat the changing demands on our time is to work ourselves into a rhythm.