Napoleon and the rest

We think we have things under control. We don’t.

Colon therapy

The first of Richard Rohr’s Five Messages for Men is: Life is hard. The first of Buddha’s Four Noble Truths is: Life is suffering. The first sentence in Scott Peck’s bestselling “A Road Less Travelled” is: Life is difficult. So then: Loving life is welcoming what comes.

Degrees of difficulty

Change is hard. Suffering is harder.

Why did this happen?

Some say that everything that happens, happens for a reason. But this is not even remotely true. Everything happens for innumerable reasons. We are part of a bigger story than Me and Mine.