Wisely, Buddhism teaches that in order to live with metta for others, we start with ourselves. How can we accept and love others if we don’t accept and love ourselves?
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Even These Things May Seem Pleasant — November 1, 2015, Sermon
I can tell you that each one of those traumas was a great teacher, but I can’t find one pleasant thing about any of them…
A Look Back at a Bloody Arrest
I realized just a few days ago that I am writing this blog, melsmouth.com, not just for me, but for my son Thomas as well. He died June 1 in a skateboarding accident at the age of 29. He was a thinker and a writer who had not yet found a niche and an audience,…
Honoring a Daughter’s Spirit, and a Son’s
Thomas was a thinker and a writer who had not yet found a niche and an audience. I never expressed sufficient pride in his attempts, but I know he’d be proud of me now that I seem to be finding a niche of my own and an audience. His spirit lives on in this blog just as Sienna’s spirit lives on in the Tulsa Children’s Museum.
Melting-Pot Dharma 