“Whether making a banking inquiry, ordering supplies, completing a purchase, filling a prescription or receiving a legal update, you can expect to be on hold – waiting for the representative, agent, customer service officer, care ambassador, salesperson, account executive, administrator, accounts payable individual to connect to you.  It can be perplexing, frustrating, annoying, time consuming unless you are doing something else while...

“Did you have a chance to catch it? The passing remark made during a brief conversation – a conversation unexpected, brief, and pleasant but not planned all the same? Did you have the ears to hear and the flash of discernment to take in the significance of those couple of words? Unimportant in and of themselves, however when put together, they were an answer to your prayer. A solution for a friend in need: dazzling in its simplicity and cosmic...

“What if you had an amazing dragon that you could ride across the horizon and into the clouds? What if those clouds carried you both into the deep blue expanse of the cosmos where your attention fixed upon an alluring star? A star of sparkling gold, pink and white, that you set your internal compass to? To that star you, on trusty, devoted steed, flew toward until you reached its luminous edges, feeling exhilarated and free? What if you were...

“Who doesn’t like mudpuddles?  Remember when you were a kid, and it was so appealing to test out a puddle. You wanted to know how deep it was. The thrill of finding out was just that: did the water go over your toes, your feet, your boots? Though you half-expected the soaker, it was always a surprise when it happened. Walking home with soggy feet was not fun but this was the least of your worries. Knowing your mom might not be pleased...

“The Japanese custom of caring for the departed involves an exquisite ritual of carefully cleansing the body, dressing it with ornamental and favoured clothing, then gently placing the legs forward while ever so carefully folding the arms and then each of the fingers into the hands before clasping them reverently and placing them slowly on the chest. This ritual is performed with such respect, calm, and serenity that the preciousness of this...