by KimBoo York | Aug 28, 2016 | Ponderings
“How hard it is to retrain your thinking when you are in a negative loop due to trauma or brain chemistry. That or sex.” Yeah gonna totally disappoint everyone and ignore the sexy part, for many, many reasons. pffffttttt Trauma. Brain chemistry. These are huge topics,...
by KimBoo York | Aug 27, 2016 | Ponderings
The problem with public transportation has very little to do with the paths of the buses. [we interrupt the “Friend’s Prompts” series for this casual aside…] I ride the bus nearly every day — to work, sometimes back to home, often to run errands — because I do not...
by KimBoo York | Aug 26, 2016 | Ponderings
“Why is there air?” Because OXYGEN. No lie, this is one of my favorite stories. I love this so hardand yet it’s something most people think is an absurd question. I mean, air! It just exists. Why question why? But BryanR asked the question and opened the unholy door...
by KimBoo York | Aug 22, 2016 | Ponderings
When you ask friends for prompts, you get what you (did not) pay for… I asked for prompts via a facebook post, and got 11 responses, both thought provoking and, uh, off beat. In the spirit of sportsmanship, I will use one a day, in order. The first one, from Martha,...
by KimBoo York | Aug 20, 2016 | Ponderings
I learned a long time ago that hope is a four letter word. This insight became second nature to me long before I studied Buddhism, a tradition that (generally) puts hope in the category of dukkha, which is often translated as suffering, but that’s wrong. Dukkha is is...
by KimBoo York | Aug 19, 2016 | Ponderings
Would you prefer to be on a team of superheroes, or alone? That, above, was one of the questions posed as part of the “getting to know you” exercise at staff retreat this morning. The retreat is an annual affair, but it is totally a working holiday. This was not a spa...
