I’ve been living and working in NYC for 3 months now and I’m still not quite used to it. It’s a place of amazing chaos and stimulation. Unfortunately, my brain doesn’t work well with noise and frenzy andthe visual assaults of such a large, vibrant city. I’ve been thinking about different things I can do [...]
Archive for the ‘kindness’ Category
Mass Transit Meditation
Posted in Happiness, kindness on November 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Everyone is Welcome.
Posted in compassion, kindness on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m fascinated by the level of security at NYC academic libraries. Notice I didn’t say disturbed by. I understand the reasoning on many levels. Here at Pace, most of the downtown school is housed in the same building. This includes dorms. So, you have to get past two security guards to get to the library [...]
Fakin’ It
Posted in compassion, Happiness, Health, kindness on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I recently had an awesome experience. At our library, we are starting up a wellness team to think up and plan health and wellness programs for staff. Our township does not provide any health and wellness activities so we thought it would be a good idea to start some in-house. At our Annual Staff Day, [...]
Your Heart. Your House.
Posted in kindness on May 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I watched Meditate and Destroy this week. It is a documentary about Noah Levine and his Dharma Punx movement. He is the child of prominent Buddhist teacher Stephen Levine. Noah, a self described punker and heavily tattooed former drug addict is now a well known teacher in his own right. He is frequently cited for [...]
Recital Nice
Posted in customer service, kindness on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, I went to my niece’s violin recital. Lauren is a willowy mellow musical 17, but her teacher takes students from ages 5 on up, so the program would feature many skill levels. Our family arrived early and so we spent quite a few minutes waiting for it to start. I looked [...]
Love, Courage, and the Eye Roll
Posted in kindness on April 16, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I had a conversation recently that disturbed me. It reminded me that many people think striving to be kind and compassionate is a weakness. That people who devote energy into spreading a little love and joy into the world are somehow simplistic and/or suspicious even. But, I have always been a believer that it is [...]
How are you?
Posted in communication, kindness on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today is our one year Civil Civil Servant anniversary! Yay! Cheers to me and all of you! I want to take this opportunity to ask: How are you? And I don’t want to hear “fine.” I really want you to think about the question. How are you doing? When you stop to actually think about [...]
Possibility of Kindness: Tricycle and Sharon Salzberg
Posted in kindness on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I receive Tricyle Magazine’s Daily Dharma in my e-mail every day. They are almost always thought provoking or act as little reminders ; but, occasionally they resonate deeply with me. Today was one of those days. We must realize, if tomorrow is going to look any better than today, that the currency for compassion isn’t [...]
Empty Boat and the Key to Less Suffering
Posted in kindness on December 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Suppose we are out on a lake and it’s a bit foggy – not too foggy, but a bit foggy- and we’re rowing along in our little boat having a good time. And then, all of a sudden, coming out of the fog, there’s this other rowboat and it’s heading right at us. And… crash! [...]
Notes On The Dark Side: Illuminate the Shadows
Posted in kindness on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The painting above is called Devil Girl and started out as one in a series of paintings I did about my ex’s alter egos; but, the further I got into it I realized I was painting a self portrait: My own alter ego. I use this self portrait frequently as my online avatar. It is [...]
