by Jason | Feb 9, 2021 | Blog, Zen in My Backpack
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ― Anais Nin In the town where I live we are privileged to welcome one of nature’s most elusive creatures – the flatback turtles. Port Hedland is one of...
by Jason | Dec 29, 2020 | Blog, Evolve, Zen in My Backpack
“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language…And next year’s words await another voice.” ― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets What a year 2020 has been! It began with a lot of burning issues – Climate change, extreme weather events,...
by Jason | Dec 5, 2020 | Blog, Evolve, Zen in My Backpack
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like – Lao Tzu I had an incident at work a while ago which made me take a step...
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...
