Getting Serious About Play
Here’s a boy I admire. Every time I see him, he’s got a new game going. The last one involved a marble in a little hole he had made in the ground and a ball which he aimed carefully at it for reasons known best to himself. He has a brother and two sisters and […]
Lessons from Vina’s Garden
I went to visit my friend Vina’s garden because she is away in Dubai and everything is coming into bloom and I didn’t want her flowers to be lonely and unappreciated. She has an amazing array of things happening there – a camellia tree which is dazzling and heavy with beautiful, rose-like flowers, pansies […]
Why?
A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored,”Why is there so much suffering?” Suzuki Roshi replied with a smile, “No reason.”
Finding Good Staff
Everywhere I go, people are saying the same thing: we can’t find good people to work in our school or clinic or development centre. It’s the same all over the country – at least for the voluntary sector. The corporate world offers such a tempting array of prizes: travel abroad, plush offices, material comfort and […]