I have been thinking about surrender lately.  It’s part of a duality I consider often. Especially  in times of stress I find if I fight against the situation I become agitated and often end up working against my goals, trying to swim upstream to a point across a raging river. But if I surrender I […]

I’ve been feeling a bit off for a couple of weeks. Last week I was having a lot of nausea and motion sickness, I felt like I had the flu but then a day or two later I’d feel ok again.

This morning I woke up really late and felt terrible. Fortunately my doctor had […]

I like the idea of a sabbath day. A day to rest and reflect.

I read a bit of the wikipedia article on Sabbath and I think I prefer the Buddist sabbath practice, occuring on the days the moon changes phases, which works out to every 7-8 days.

Today I tried to take easier. Reflect […]

During May I took two mountain bike courses and went mountain biking 3 times a week on average.

It was a great month, I learned a lot about biking and explored the Vancouver area a lot more. I also met a lot of really nice and energetic people.\n\nOne of my favorite things about learning, both […]

Since first hearing about it I have been fascinated by the aboriginal rite of passage of walkabout

I have often thought of this is dramatic and epic. But that’s not really true to the rite I think. It was meant as a time for young men to retrace their history and their land, stand […]