There are enough out there extolling the virtues of patience. I have nothing new to add to their pile of words. No platitude on the nobility of patiently waiting through that which we have no control over. No meditation by way of miso. In fact, I find it quite annoying when those who’ve hardly had to suffer an interminable wait tell me to “just have patience” so instead, I’ll offer a few musings on what keeps me from losing my wits when the waiting seems without end. A way to find some richness in life even if all you want to do is break open the jar before it’s ready.
All posts tagged “philosophy”
On Lemons and Love
What is a Lemon? For most English-speakers, the word conjures up images of an oblong, thin-skinned, sour, yellow fruit. Squeezed over salads, sliced into wheels, crucial to a lemonade. Ask for “limón” in Mexico however and you’ll be given the round, green fruit we often… Read More
The Daily Rice: How Do You Value Life?
Instead of making a whole show about abstract ideals like “The Economy” and “Liberty” when talking about reopening from COVID-19, call it like it is: we value a certain type of life more than another, even if it inevitably comes at others’ expense.
The Daily Rice: What Luxury Can You Savor Today?
If luxury is defined as the non-essential, desirable, and extravagant, do we actually have some power to live luxuriously these days?
The Daily Rice: Do You Have to Be Productive?
Perhaps making it through sans magnum opus is the best thing many of us can do right now and if we’re not living our Best Life, at least it’s still a Life.

