malibumark

Why.do I need a justification for everything I do?Is it nature or nurture?ive certainly landed in a life role whereeverything is prescribed.I'd like to be known for doing something more than just...

I was thinking about this morning about how I fear the commitment to the monastic life because of in part the weird leadership on the male side of the monastics. Also for the details which I'm still...

I know we’ve all gotta serve someone in work and life and perhaps seeing this tells me how I’ve been behaving... finding points of resistance no matter where I go. Thinking that everyone else has...

I went out into the city today, Columbia, Maryland. I went tothe Apple Store there to get a new Iphone. I have to saythat I was way too cavalier with purchasing today and lately.This is not a good...

Sometimes you don't know what you're going through until you come out the other side of it.i need to remind myself to have patience with myself

Always remember to save your boarding passes until the trip is over and you’re safely back home. Because I was rebooked in Chicago they somehow lost track of my flight to LA that I took. And...

I'm ready to get back to the monastery. I love my family but my energy is running high this morning that I need to be humbled and reminded of the responsibilities I must have to carry on with daily...

Christmases come and go. We age and become wiser, people come into our lives and some pass out of our lives or even pass away.I feel so incredibly lucky for my family and friends. For my health and...

I'm starting to question other people's experience of me and how I'm effecting them. Im also starting to consider their experience in general. I know I question a whole heck of a lot, perhaps to find...

I'm sitting here with my Dad and stepmom in the great room in their house. I am very grateful to be here with them, to have them in my life. Not a lot of sharing about things, I find myself desperate...

I want to live in peace but I still have to make my life work. So I may live at a monastery and I am a monk (which I love) but the elder has bigger plans for me. He makes my stay there possible, so I...

I woke at 320a EST to catch a 730am flight out of Baltimore. The flight was delayed and delayed and so I missed my connecting flight in Chicago. The result of that was waiting for the next available...

It’s been an adventure but fun. Missed the connecting flight so I’m in Chicago until 7pm for the next possible flight since 11am. Very proud of myself though. I realized I had enough miles on AA...