“When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground.” ~African Proverb For most of my life, I thought aging was about bodies slowing down—hair turning white, memory fading, steps getting shorter. But caring for my ninety-six-year-old mother has changed that. I now...

‘The significance of the Buddhist teaching lies in the fact that it isn’t doctrinal. It’s not an attempt to tell us how things should be, it’s more a way of bringing our attention to the way things are.’ Ajahn Sumedho

Five years ago, my husband and I decided to take the biggest leap of our lives. We resigned from our jobs, sold our belongings, and moved continents with four children in tow, the youngest just four weeks old. Leading up to this leap, we were surrounded by so many...

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” ~Native American Proverb For years, I blamed my parents for my anxiety, my defensiveness, and my need to be right. Then I learned they inherited the same patterns from their parents. And...

‘The pleasures we seek are fleeting, and the attachments we form inevitably lead to disappointment when they pass away.’ Everyday Buddhism

“We can’t receive from others what they were never taught to give.” ~Unknown When I was younger, I believed that love meant being understood. I thought my parents would be there for me, emotionally and mentally. But love, I’ve learned, isn’t always expressed in the...

‘And what, monks, is ageing? In whatever beings of whatever group of beings, there is ageing, decrepitude, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkled skin, shrinking with age, decay of the sense-faculties—that, monks, is called ageing.’ The Buddha

‘When we see through the illusion of self, we no longer act out of self-interest but from a place of genuine care for the well-being of others.’ Everyday Buddhism