Archive | September, 2008

Chickens On Fire & Zen

Running around like a chicken on fire greased with Tabasco is actually the easier thing. The harder thing is to freeze, not do anything and have a Zen moment. But the Zen moments are quintessentially important. Piling on more miles with that burning chicken makes you feel like you’re getting places, touching base, getting things [...]

Book Review: Eat Pray Love

While on my recent 2-week journey across Japan, I had the chance to read Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. And because I underestimated how much time I’d have on the trains, I ended up reading it not just once, but twice. And yet, I enjoyed [...]

Finding Gratitude: Gaining a Fearless Shift in Perspective

Finding gratitude is a fundamental step in the self-improvement process. You can’t expect anything new to come into your life without first having a genuine sense of appreciation for what you have now. Gratitude invites a sense of humility and a focus on what truly matters – which can be especially challenging in our materialistic [...]