by blog-nelson | Jan 6, 2019 | Thoughts on happiness
A couple months ago I had picked up a book by the Dalai Llama about achieving happiness. There were several things that struck me from that book, and I’ll probably write about those later. The one thing in particular that struck me was the very analytical...
by blog-nelson | Jun 14, 2012 | Enemies Project, Random thoughts
Reality is always more complex than you might imagine it to be. It just is, and you have to get used to it. Brilliant happiness and unfolding sad stories mingle in the same lives and communities like competing ingredients in a recipe, and this bizarre little town of...
by blog-nelson | Feb 6, 2009 | Spirituality, Thoughts on happiness, Writings
happiness, comfort, pleasure, contentment… The other night I saw a video that made me think of these things, and it reminded me of a piece of journaling I did in Ecuador several years back. I was there teaching a conservation biology class in the paramo,...