Author Archives: bryan

To live Life in a free fall of uncertainty and doubt can be terrifying and/or exhilarating. To float through Life harnessed safely to a parachute can be breathtakingly beautiful, unpredictably bumpy, mindfully thought provoking, and/or redundant. To fly through Life … Continue reading →

I remember the title; and I believe I had an outline in my head, but that was yesterday. I recall I was enjoying the unique satisfaction of the day’s first jolt of caffeine and the way you can sometimes feel … Continue reading →

A key component of compassion is to constructively help others overcome their problems and to actively wish them free from suffering. In recent weeks I have dedicated large chunks of written thought to compassion and I have encouraged compassion toward … Continue reading →

“In wildness is the preservation of the world” … “How near to good is what is wild!” … “Life consists with wildness. The most alive is the wildest.” -From Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Walking”. Thoreau wrote this essay and delivered … Continue reading →

The apparatus that defines me is typically not of my choosing; even when it is. I believe this to be true of each of us. Those who believe they have created or are creating, controlling, defining, or leading an apparatus … Continue reading →