Posted by Brad Osborne on January 28, 2021 · 14 Comments
Five hundred million breaths,
All it takes to see eighty years…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 5, 2020 · 32 Comments
Speak not in anger,
For words can cut deep,
And what we do sow,
We certainly reap…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 6, 2020 · 17 Comments
Safer to just contemplate,
Then speak the truth, seal my fate…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 11, 2019 · 2 Comments
There are regrets for things I have said. The times when honesty lacked the tempering of compassion. When emotions ruled over kindness.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on October 23, 2012 · 5 Comments
Recently I posted an article describing how the stillness of meditation had opened my ears to the sounds around us that go largely unnoticed. For me it postulated the idea that hearing and listening are two very different things. We hear many things throughout our busy days, but rarely are we actively listening. This difference … Continue reading →
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