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Aim for Even: the Zen in Every Day

By KM Huber There is no one way to bring Zen, the “meditative state,” into every day but maintaining Zen in any and every moment is possible. The meditative state is being engaged in life, immersed in it completely. The act of meditating [...]
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It is Anger That Fills the Well of Compassion

By KM Huber When we get to the bottom of any emotion we are feeling, even anger, we discover a wakeful energy free of drama, unattached to any situation. We have reached the well of compassion into which all emotion empties eventually. No longer [...]
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Tired of Resolutions? Try Laziness

By KM Huber I am not much on making resolutions for any period of time. My mostly Buddhist self knows that each moment is its own clean slate. Rather than becoming anything or anyone, I just need to meet each moment I am given and aim for even. Some [...]
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Opportunity Exists in the Person You Already Are

By KM Huber I rarely recognize opportunity as it is unfolding. Not rushing to label opportunity and put it in a box is one lifelong pattern that has been beneficial. Not labeling any moment is what allows us to be most mindful and, thus, most [...]
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“Once More to the Lake” On New Year’s Eve

By KM Huber I am a big fan of New Year’s Eve neither for the noise nor for the celebratory streamers but as a day and night of reflection. Over the last couple decades, the last day of each year has emerged as a major holiday for me. Often, [...]
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Walking Waverly on the Winter Solstice

By KM Huber Every year, I am mindful of the light and the dark of the days leading up to the actual date of the winter solstice, the darkest day of the year, and the day of least light. After the 24 hours that is the winter solstice, every dawn [...]
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Love Lives in Places Inconvenient and Untidy

By KM Huber Love takes hold in places we find easy to ignore for love needs only an open heart to thrive. Such is the story of Harriet, a human, and Hal, a Chihuahua. They shared food and constant companionship as they spent their days in a [...]
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A Habit Born of the Holidays for All Days

By KM Huber Autumn is my favorite time of year, and in the years when Thanksgiving is all but-on-the-doorstep of December, I start my review of year in preparation for a final toast on December 31. But the in-between time, right now, is my holiday [...]
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The Eternal Now is the Holiday in All Seasons

By KM Huber The holiday season and I have an ambivalent history. Some years, I was unable to let the season go, and other years, I never quite showed up for it. Yet, there is one seasonal constant: tradition says we harvest in fall and give [...]
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Peace Lives Not in Dreams but in Daily Drama

There is no peace in dreams only the drama of nightly wandering. Fractured images, salvaged glimpses of what might have been…. By KM Huber Some twenty years ago–maybe even longer than that–these lines opened an untitled poem [...]