I kvetch.
Can you console?
I gripe.
Can you command my slithering nag to obedience?
Will you cleanse me of simmering shallow desires?
So I … Read more
Not worthy of the light!
I asked the candle: “Why do you shed tears when there is light?”
He replied: “I wash away the pain from when it is dark.”… Read more
Delaware
Delaware, a small state with some history, should not be underestimated. This is the birthplace of Jeff, the man who alters history. With the billions … Read more
I’m not a wuss.
I’m not a wuss. I’m not brazen. Never been flat or meh either.
I’m a tamed wolverine. My bones are of resolve but bend to … Read more
The 10,000 hours rule and connecting with something bigger
There is a saying that to be really good at something, you have to spend 10,000 dedicated hours at it. Malcolm Gladwell popularized this concept … Read more
Make a postcard of “you”
I was at a meditation session tonight. It’s at a place that just recently opened up in West Hollywood (California). Yes, West Hollywood, the city … Read more
Make a left!
… Read morewhy did I make a left?
I never talk to strangers
but this lonely alley
begged me to stop
make a left, enter and listen
Oh ye glorious sounds
… Read moreoh ye glorious sounds
heavenly high, humbling
angelic descent, lightmy saviour in loss
my anchor in flight
my soul, spirit, lifeoh ye glorious
A polyphonic cacophony
… Read morelife
was
a polyphonic cacophony
adrenaline crescendos
free-fall diminuendos
jolting me
a submissive rhythmlife
is
a steady “om”
a liberating chant
–shawnzahedi.com
When the sirens die
… Read moreangels
knew I was down
on griefperhaps
there are things I can
believewhen the sirens die
and the road is cleared
and the
