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Begin NOW, or Wait 20 Years? A Thought Before You Read… This article is not about the years we may have lost, but the years we still have before us. It’s an invitation to share lessons with younger generations so…

Does Everyone Need a Pat on the Back? It’s Sunday morning. I’m sitting quietly, enjoying my coffee, when a memory from almost fifty years ago comes riding back into my mind. Funny, isn’t it, how some of the craziest moments…

“If I Could Just… I Would Be So Happy.” The conditions we place on happiness — and the gifts waiting in the present moment. Ripples of the Mind | InsightsBy Chuck Bates Have you ever found yourself somewhere beautiful, surrounded…

The Price of Admission — Who Gets Into Your Mind? An Insight from Ripples of the Mind In some workplaces, at certain times, an interesting game unfolds. It isn’t always about the work being done, the customer being served, or…

Borrow Freely. Kneel to No One. An Insight from Ripples of the Mind There is an old Zen saying: “If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.” At first glance it sounds shocking—almost disrespectful. It isn’t. It isn’t…

Drive Turtle Creek Road with Socrates and the Cowboy Wizard I love the country road drive. The quiet isolation. The simplicity. The time to think—or, most often, not think. Sometimes I feel the back-country road drive is an escape, and…

It was early morning. The spin of the earth created the illusion that humans call sunrise. A new day had arrived, and for an eight-year-old boy, it promised adventure. I was jumping on my bed—ahhh, the patience of my mother.…

Achieve. Get. Repeat. There have been mornings when I’ve opened my eyes, stared at the ceiling, and felt exhausted before my feet even touched the floor. Not because I hadn’t slept. Because I could hear it. The wheel. Achieve. Get.…

Wisdom Begins In Wonder Dinner with Socrates, Dr. Seuss, Satoshi, Musashi & Albert “The more I learn, the less certain I become.” That isn’t discouraging. It’s liberating. As children, we believed adults knew everything. As young adults, we believed we…

“Man is offered the path of good and the path of pleasure.” — The Upanishads This morning, I sat quietly beneath the warmth of the sun with the words of the Upanishads resting gently before me. One sentence rose from…