by Jason | Feb 9, 2021 | Blog, Zen in My Backpack
“In the beginning was the Word”― John 1:1 In today’s post, I would like to tell you a story that will highlight the power of words and why it is so important to choose the right words when speaking...either during external communication or internal dialogue. It is a...
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...