Tag: ed-gabrielsen
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A Year to Live
In Stephen Levine’s beautiful book, he asks us to consider how it might feel if we knew that we only had one year left to live. It’s a book about dying. But it’s also a book about living, finding out what this life really is, and awakening to living in this one present moment. There…
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Who am I?
In 1886, Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach sketched a self-portrait that appeared in his book, The Analysis of Sensations. It takes a minute to recognize what is going on in the sketch because it’s not what you think. It’s not the usual self-portrait. The question, “Who am I?” is a very important question. For…
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I learned a lot on that job
I always liked the way he looked. He was the big boss on the job site. He only spoke to me once or twice. But I remember how he seemed so put together, and it surprised me because it was such heavy work and everyone was dusty and dirty. But his blue jeans fit him…