The single biggest benefit meditation has given me is to become more resilient, the ability to let go ... and get back to what matters faster.

Are you familiar with a loving-kindness meditation?

I had a really crappy meditation session this morning. My mind was all over the place, I rewrote this email about 20 times in my head, did our monthly budget, rearranged about three to-do lists... 

Sitting in silence short circuits a noisy world.

Spending a few minutes in silence each day and letting thoughts float past you like boats on river, neither

Here is a meditation exercise that I’ve found helpful over the last year, it is a

Anne Lamott, one of my favorite authors, said in her TED talk that one of the things that she knows for sure in her life is

When people lose control of their vehicles they tend to almost always hit something, a tree, a road sign, or the only lamppost on the street. Perhaps you have experienced this too? Why does this happen? Well, my theory is that in a crisis we focus our attention on something and then we can’t let it go.

Do this little exercise with me quickly, I heard it yesterday on Tara Brach’s podcast.

So it's my 20 year highschool reunion in three months time, and I really, really want a six pack, mostly to prove to myself that a 38 year dad doesn't need to look like santa, and I only train when I have a goal, however silly.

(​Then I just need to figure out a way to take my shirt of at the reunion..., I'll post a pic if I make it. :)