The key idea of one-moment meditation is that short, intense bursts of meditation have some significant benefits. And taking a short break after a short period of meditation (before you do another such period, or before you go back to everyday life) has some interesting benefits, too.

We must remember to look up from our screens, not only to avoid getting hit by oncoming traffic but because of the possibilities that looking up offers, and to remind ourselves that we are a part of a much larger matrix of life upon which we all depend.

Over the last two days, I have heard many politicians and emergency officials on the East Coast reminding us to be "smart" or "cautious." But I wish that one of them would also remind us to be kind.

We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to ta...

We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to ta...

We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to ta...

We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to ta...

We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to ta...

We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to ta...

We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to ta...

We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to ta...

We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to ta...