I am often asked by people in conversation “Can you believe that happened?!”. Usually this comes up after a gruesome news story. My thought is yes I can believe that happened. I believe it happened because that is the world today. What happened is part of what humans do. It is part of what happens in this world. There is yet to be something that I am not shocked a…
We live on a somewhat crowded block. A block that is we’ll say congested with parked cars. The north cross street of our block is Taraval which is home to many restaurants, small businesses regularly frequented by the public, an apartment building, as well as metered parking. The south side of our block is home to two blocks of city park space that includes a baseball diamond, playground, tennis court,…
December 16th 2015 my wife Alexis gave birth to our first child. A boy. We named him Owen. He was born naturally at home. The pregnancy was not an easy one. My wife was sick all 40 weeks. Her sacrifice and suffering for his benefit began day one and was immense. I am hooked! I am attached to my son like I never thought I would be. I hug him…
I was reading a friend’s blog post and was reminded of my own behavior and a lesson I’ve learned over the years practicing with Wat San Fran. Feelings are impermanent. Just because something feels good doesn’t mean I should do it or that it’s right. Just because something hurts doesn’t mean I should not do it or that it’s wrong. I used to drink alcohol on a daily basis to…
In our first installment of How To “Do” we will be discussing being honest. In my experience in order to be successful in this practice and in life for that matter I have to be able to be honest. I don’t mean just not lying to people, stealing and cheating. I mean being honest with what’s wrong with my perceptions, where am I being dishonest with myself. I have to…
First a short video. Wow. Its a good thing Roadblock was there to help out and let him know. Now he knows and knowing is half battle. Unfortunately for this young man he’s most likely going to experience said trouble that stranger was bringing him because Mr. Roadblock failed to mention the other half of the battle. The other half of course being the doing! What is knowing without doing?…
A little about me and what got me here: I grew up here in San Francisco and near by Daly City. I am the youngest of 3. Both my parents are very loving, kind, caring people who did their best. I have many friends from my childhood and adulthood from all walks of life; different backgrounds, socioeconomic levels, education levels, ages, colors, religions, you name it. These people as well…