A Mindful Moment

My emotional reaction to the shooting last weekend in Wisconsin of Jacob Blake, seven times in the back in front of his small children, could best be described as confounded. Like everyone else, I don’t know what transpired before the shooting, I don’t know if Jacob Blake is a law-abiding citizen or not, and I don’t know the situation the police were trying to contain. But I am perplexed as to how this can happen, especially now, with everyone on high-alert, a clear understan

It was 110 degrees here last Saturday and I actually had the thought, “I can’t take this anymore.” Take what? Heat? No air conditioning? Having no options to escape? Feeling oppressed? Feeling constricted? I’m not sure. I know I added to the myriad of emotional upheavals I seem to experience periodically. I’m good for a day or even a week, then the smallest thing happens and I seem to plummet into a feeling of total frustration. It’s a little crazy-making, but by practic