I lowered the criteria for success. A lot. Try it!
Losing stuff, mean people, hair in my food... I rant a bit. And hope for something better.
Impermanence, no self, non-attachment: no, thanks.
A poem on a Penn Station wall inspired my own poem about what I want, need, and hope for at this difficult moment.
Let's make this year usher in a fabulous new era of the mind, the soul, and the world.
I spent a year with Chabad Hasidim in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. I exulted, starkly disagreed, and considered glorious possibilities—often in the same moment.