Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. — Buddha For a long time anger was a part of my life. I was angry at my parents for being divorced, myself for not following my dreams and …
Category Archive: Parenting
Dec 21
How We’re Teaching Buddhism To Our Kids.
I’ve posted many times about my beliefs in Buddhism, but I’ve never discussed what we tell our kids about Buddhism or Christianity. Here’s a couple of recent stories about our life and raising our kids Buddhist. A few weeks ago, my son who’s eight and smarter than he acts and thinks more philosophically than most …
Dec 17
My Favorite Christmas’ As A Kid
When I was a little boy my aunt would stay with us on Christmas. Truth be told, she wasn’t really an aunt, but someone my grandparents were friends with and became part of their family. When my dad and his siblings grew up, she became part of their families. Aunt Cella, which is what we …
Dec 10
Redefining Who I Am, As My Son Sees Me
Who are you? This is one of the greatest questions man has had. In the end, who we are is of no consequence to what we’ve done with the time we have. We can sit around, watch TV, play on the computer or we can do things that a few have done. We can write stories that stretch the …
Aug 15
Why I Went Vegan.
I’m Buddhist and I’ve been trying to decide if I could go Vegan or vegetarian. This debate had been going on in my head for the last ten years, until two weeks ago when my wife and I watched the movie I’ve linked below. Vegucated Trailer I’ve seen Food, Inc and a lot of other …
Feb 15
Where did you get your parenting skills?
Are our parenting skills set? When I was in fourth grade my dad bought an expensive pair of walkie talkies. He let me use them for a few days and I accidently broke one of them. The only reason I remember this is because I was spanked and put in the corner for an hour, …
Jan 23
Las Vegas Lunar New Year with my kids
Took the kids to the strip today, it’s something I rarely do since I work on the strip and don’t like going there unless a.) there is family in town and I’m playing tour guide or b.) I have to be at work. Neither of these applied today, but it is the Lunar New Year …
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