Tag: wellness
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Standing Tall
It’s easy to stand tall when things go well…when an abundance of good fortune lines your pockets and favorable winds fill your sails. It is much harder to stand firm against adversity. Against ill tidings and the storms of life. There is a wood surrounding my home. It isn’t much, just a tiny collection of…
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Within
Peace comes from within…do not seek it from without. I supposed there are many ways to read that. One might say that it’s a really complicated way of telling yourself to be content with who you are. That’s not awful advice…it just misses the mark a bit. To be happy with who you are first…
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The Power of silence
In an age of music on demand, technologically advanced sound systems, social media, and daily life that moves at the speed of light, there is power to be found in silence. It sounds odd. We all have that collection of songs that pump us up and motivate us. Time is littered with compilations and mix…
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Order out of chaos
For most people, today represents a return to the chaotic world of day to day activities. It doesn’t matter whether it is a return to school or work; life from this day forward tends to include a seemingly never-ending series of frantic events: homework, projects, deadlines, interpersonal conflicts, traffic jams, etc… You get the idea.…
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Beginnings
The beginning of a new year seems like a good time to revisit some old ideas. Yes, a new calendar year is upon us. We need to date things differently and get used to the idea of writing 2021 on everything, but we carry the same hopes and dreams and, unfortunately, problems into the new…
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The Fourth Noble Truth
The Path to the Cessation of Suffering The Fourth Noble Truth, Magga, is actually more complex than the first three truths and is part of a much longer teaching known as the Noble Eightfold Path. Fundamentally, it can be explained simply as a set of three pillars, each of which is necessary to cease suffering.…
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The Third Noble Truth
The Cessation of Suffering Is it possible to eliminate suffering from life—to completely remove any possibility of disappointment? Absolutely not. That’s not what this installment is about. This is more about managing yourself. Before I go on, I want you to think about something. We’ve all seen the poster, meme, or gif that asks for…
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The Second Noble Truth
The Origin of Suffering I thought, maybe, that I should continue on with a follow-up for yesterday’s post—so here goes. In Buddhism, the Second Noble Truth is known as Samudaya—The Origin of Suffering. Much like the First Truth-Dukkha—this one is deceptively simple to understand. Applying it is always the tricky part. The Buddha observed that…
Matt Hardman 