Being human
and life's little mysteries

What a difference a day makes. This morning I awoke to intense pain in my right abdomen, nausea, and a little increase in jaundice....

During the second week following surgery, my body and mind have undergone multiple transformations. I started the second week walking...

PYS 1.33: Maitri Karuna Muditopeksanam Sukha Dukha Punyapunya Visayanam Bhavantas Citta Prasnadanam Definition: Maitri -friendliness...

Until that point, I felt like my body was hanging on, trying to adjust to the massive, seismic shifts that come with having the largest...

Life on 10N is Very touch and go right now. Each day there are new emergencies and something physical, emotional and/or mental to...

When I got the call from the transplant team four months ago, going through the motions of getting prepared for the hospital and prepped...

Time, beyond being a measuring tool to make appointments which deem us too early or too late, confounds my cortical mind. It has been...

PYS 2.3 avidya asmita raga dvesha abinivesha pancha klesha There are five kinds of hindrances or obstacles of the mind (kleshas): 1)...

Yoga chitta vritti nirodhah (Patanjali 1.2) The state of yoga ceases the fluctuations of the mind (when you are in a state of yoga, all...

One of the most multi-cultural places I have been in London is the hospital. It may seem an unlikely place for a crossroads for...

There is more to life than increasing its speed. –Mahatma Gandhi It never ceases to amaze me how people spend their time. Whether its...

I’ve always had a great admiration for people who are able to communicate directly. This isn’t always easy, especially for those living...

The world we visualize is given definition through shape. A line, seemingly a simple shape with two ends, gives rise to a world of...

There are moments in life when it is appropriate to step back from actively participating in the richness and complexity in the...

I’ve never been an avid swimmer. While admittedly I’ve spent afternoons with ridiculous looking swimming goggle intents around my eyes...

Daily I am reminded of the preciousness of life. Continually humbled by the rich and vibrant outpouring of support and love by both those...

Often in life, our ability to connect or estrange people lies in the language we use. Body language plays a part, as do tone of voice and...

Mysteries, Yes Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood. How grass can be nourishing in the mouths of the lambs. ...

As I lie here in bed with the first sun in twelve days piercing through my window, I feel nothing but gratitude. I have been humbled,...

I’m going to need a new liver. Some of you may know about my personal history with illness, and if you follow my blog you may have even...