If you’ve ever had the opportunity to watch children play you’ll notice they’re full of laughter, joy, compassion, and love. They find amazement with so much of what adults consider the mundane, the routine, the boring. From a Ladybug walking on a blade of grass, a caterpillar inching its way…

I remember growing up as a child my parents, teachers, and other adult authority figures telling us how easy we have and to ‘just wait until you get into the real world’. …

We breathe, we touch, we see, we get thirsty, we get hungry, we have emotions, and we have desires. Some of these are necessary for life. Others maybe not so much. The Buddha tells us that desires or ‘cravings’ are the source of our suffering. It’s not that humans can’t…

There seems to be always something occurring either in the world or our personal lives that we allow to agitate our minds. Perhaps we wake up only to find an expectation of ours has been altered, not met, or even abandoned. Regardless of the specific situation or circumstance our expectation…

No one wants to suffer. We all seek to have a more balanced and harmonious life with ourselves, others, and our surroundings. One environment people tend to spend a significant time in is at their workplace. …

One of the Buddhas quotes on generosity states that ‘Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given’…

How often do you approach your closet and open it only to find clothing bunched together. Maybe some hangars are doubled up with a shirt or jeans. …

Prior to Buddha becoming the revered one we refer to today like all of us he too was on a journey of discovery. In pursuit of this wholesome knowledge he abended all worldly possessions and comforts. …

We cannot achieve liberation without freeing the mind. And to achieve this liberation the Buddha teaches three valuable lessons, morality, concentration and wisdom. Each of these teachings builds upon the other, like the concrete foundation of a home is made of cement, sand, and water. …