by Jason | Oct 17, 2020 | Evolve, Inspirational Stories, Zen in My Backpack
A Gruelling Ultra Marathon… …An Unexpected Outcome “THE SKY IS NOT MY LIMIT…I AM.” – T.F. HODGE Cliff Young was an average 61-year-old potato farmer, who lived in isolation tending to his garden and his animals on a sprawling 2,000-acre rural...
by Jason | Sep 18, 2020 | Evolve, Zen in My Backpack
I chose to live in the Ether, to be starlight and legend….” ― Laurie Perez We have taken Earth’s obliquity – the tilt in its axis around which it rotates, as a proven astronomical fact. The reason for the tilt is astounding – it is presumed...
by Jason | Sep 11, 2020 | Evolve, Zen in My Backpack
Don’t you underestimate any encounter, my child. You may carry it under your skin for the rest of your life. – Unknown A wise person once told me that people come in our life for a reason; to teach or to learn, to give or to receive. This statement has had a profound...
by Jason | Sep 26, 2017 | Zen in My Backpack
If there is one song that has never failed to pick me up whenever I was down and has helped me believe in the promise of spring whenever I was in the midst of my darkest winters, it is this classic – You Raise Me Up originally composed by Irish-Norwegian duo...
by Jason | Aug 6, 2017 | Evolve, Zen in My Backpack
The verses below reportedly were written on the wall of Mother Teresa’s home for children in Calcutta, India, and are widely attributed to her. Some sources say that the words below were written on the wall in Mother Teresa’s own room. In any case, their...
by Jason | Mar 14, 2017 | Zen in My Backpack
When I was a young lad I remember this one incident when I came across the Rainbow Man for the first time. It was the start of our summer school holidays and we were boarding a plane bound for our village. We were one of the first to board and once I took my seat, I...
