Tag: suffering

Acceptance and activism

For many years I had questioned whether or not someone can live in acceptance while at the same time be an activist. The answer became clear as I sat with this over a long period of time. I came to…

Animal lovers

animal lover

So many of my Facebook friends tout their love of animals. I too am an animal lover. My whole Family loves animals very much. Loving animals means doing no harm to them. It means compassion and kindness. And if you…

Don’t sweat the small stuff

small stuff

Rule #1: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: It’s all small stuff. While this may not be from the teachings of Buddha, I do however find it to be very Buddhist. In two short sentences, this conveys so much…

Standards and practices

standards

What kind of standards do we hold one another up to? With a huge part of our practice being about acceptance and patience, one would think that we should have no standards with which we hold others accountable. But let’s…