Life and Death as Viewed from Space
"The beauty isn't out there, it's down here, with all of us and Mother Earth." When 90 year old Star Trek actor William Shatner finally...
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smshige3
- Oct 21, 2022
- 1 min
Shimmering, standing at the edge
Through the wonders of technology, Roshi Joan Halifax brought the beautiful gift of her presence to Wisdom 2.0 in Tokyo all the way from...
smshige3
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Wisdom 2.0 in Tokyo
"The inner world changes the outer world." "What I see everywhere in the world are ordinary people willing to confront despair, power,...
smshige3
- Oct 11, 2022
- 3 min
I like you just the way you are: Learning compassion from Mr. Rogers
At the end of a five-hour workshop on Mindful Leadership, I invited the participants, all middle-aged, Japanese corporate managers, to...
smshige3
- Oct 6, 2022
- 1 min
"It's never too late!"
"We have a lot of fun . . . it is never too late to just take your first step or even speak your first words." I take these words of...
smshige3
- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
"I wish I had lived true to myself"
Anabel believed that every human being wants and strives to feel love and connection--to be loved and to love. She felt this love with...
smshige3
- Sep 27, 2022
- 1 min
Empathy Haiku
I always wondered What it was like to be you Now I understand
smshige3
- Sep 26, 2022
- 2 min
You yourself can not remain silent
I read that someone in Russia set themself on fire to protest the war. I remember how horrified I was as a child to hear of monks in...
smshige3
- Sep 25, 2022
- 1 min
Happy birthday bell hooks
Remembering her on her first birthday since she left us. We're the same age so when I think of her I hear her telling me to have the...
smshige3
- Sep 24, 2022
- 1 min
"Would it embarrass you very much if I were to tell you . . . that I love you?"
You look around and you know you must have failed somewhere. Because here we are, waiting on the eve of destruction with all the odds...
smshige3
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
Living and dying with no regrets
Living by death's side I have truly learned to live There are no regrets I put her words in a haiku. Here are a few more words of wisdom...
smshige3
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
Do you believe in butterflies?
My friend Ana loved butterflies so at her memorial service we released one hundred live butterflies in a dramatic ritual. It was a...
smshige3
- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
ありがとうから始めようBeginning with Thanks: The Power of Being Grateful
ありがとうから始めよう Let's begin with thanks As we chanted Buddhist prayers at my grandmother's funeral my eyes were drawn to a poster on the wall...
smshige3
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
A precious human life
Every day, think as you wake up Today I am fortunate to have woken up I am alive, I have a precious human life I'm not gonna waste it....
smshige3
- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
Singing Your Song
When I was a child I often sang for others. People told me it made them feel good to hear my voice. But somewhere along the way I lost my...
smshige3
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
Now I am free!
Breathe in--I am here Breathe out--I let go of fear BOOM!--Now I am free
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