We were lucky to witness the eagle migration through North Idaho this winter.
Author: Sameer Oza
reason, season or lifetime
People Come Into Your Life for A Reason, A Season Or A LifetimeBy Jean Dominique Martin People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is…
wintering
Katherine May’s thought provoking book about taking a break, a sabbatical, a pause in life. It is a book about depression and anxiety but it is also a book about hope. It is a book about new beginnings. There are gaps in the mesh of the everyday world, and sometimes they open up and you…
deep work
Cal Newport makes a great case for rethinking how we work and how we interact with the internet, email and social media. Deep work is necessary to wring every last drop of value out of your current intellectual capacity. Neal Stephenson – “If I organize my life in such a way that I get lots…
4 hour workweek
I don’t agree with everything Tim Ferriss says but agree with most of what he says. Here are some gems from his book. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Gold is getting old. The New Rich are those who abandon the deferred-life plan. The…
the book of soul
Thought of the week format by poet and writer Mark Nepo. Some annotations from the book: Don’t you want to be alive before you die? Eventually, all the love, suffering, and humility we go through wear away our walls of resistance until Spirit shines from within us like an inner sun. This is how Spirit…
the course of love
Alain de Botton, the author of “How Proust Can Change Your Life” follows the course of a relationship from first love to maturity. Lots of life lessons in this little novel. Here are some annotations from the book: For the Romantic, it is only the briefest of steps from a glimpse of a stranger to…
the missing piece meets the big O
Rediscovering old classics, like this one by Shel Silverstein. The entire philosophy of frienship/love/self growth in a simple children’s book:
the indispensable man – saxon white kessinger
Sometime when you’re feeling important;Sometime when your ego’s in bloom;Sometime when you take it for granted,You’re the best qualified in the room:Sometime when you feel that your going,Would leave an unfillable hole,Just follow these simple instructions,And see how they humble your soul. Take a bucket and fill it with water,Put your hand in it up…
time
Some thoughts about time: Time is not a commodity but is a medium in which we exist. Think of a fish in water, water is never scarce for the fish. (credit Oliver Burkeman – 4000 weeks book) The most efficient way to take a hike (most hikes are loops) is not to take it. Should…