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The Busted Toe Diaries: Pausing and Still Getting “There”

Inventor Charles F. Kettering once said, “You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.” Going Somewhere is something I really like. Going there fast? Even better. I used to joke that my middle [...]

By | 2019-01-23T15:32:55-07:30 February 7th, 2013|Buddhism, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Broken Bones and Necessary Pain (aka The Busted Toe Diaries)

I learned another thing the hard way (is there really any other way?). When a broken bone is mending, there are times when it hurts, suddenly and badly, as part of the healing process. I was struck by the metaphor of how we cannot mend unless we face the painful things in our lives.  This [...]

By | 2019-01-23T15:32:57-07:30 February 1st, 2013|Therapy, Uncategorized|0 Comments