Count on it, once anyway . . .
Thursday, August 21, 2025. It's Thor's day . . . Moderate Northerlies bring the cooling trend to TulseyTown we've been holding our breath for. The 100's have gone for the season according to the weatherfeather. It's still August with mid 90's today.
Three birthdates: Count Basie was born in 1904, Red Bank, New Jersey; Christopher Robin Milne, the inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh, was born in today in 1920 London, England, the son of the children's writer A.A. Milne; and novelist Robert Stone was born on this day in 1937 Brooklyn, New York.
We carry very ancient wounds that come not from original sin but from a misunderstanding so old that we can no longer see it...We get stuck in patterns of grasping and fixating which cause the same thoughts and reactions to occur again and again and again. In this way we project our world. When we see that, even if it’s only for one second every three weeks, then we’ll naturally discover the knack of reversing this process of making things solid, the knack of stopping the claustrophobic world as we know it, putting down our centuries of baggage, and stepping into new territory. – Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart, Shambhala, 2016.
Our inherent nature is pure. All we have to do is rediscover who we really are, and that’s what the path is for. It’s that simple – Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, “Necessary Doubt,” Tricycle,
When you learn to mind your mind, you begin by allowing your thoughts and feelings to shout or cry, to throw a tantrum and have a meltdown. – Brian McLaren, “Mind Your Mind,” Meditations, The Center for Action and Contemplation,
Some are fortunate enough to have a local community to practice and study with. Many others walk the path alone. Lion’s Roar’s rich archive of open and non-sectarian teachings can help show the path and provide a guide to The Way. If this is of interest, do explore Lion's Roar.