Stories for the soul.
Wisdom for life.

The Second Arrow

On the pain we add to the pain.

Inspired by Buddhism

The Man Who Asked for Nothing

Rosh Hashanah — and what we are really asking for when a new year begins.

Inspired by Jewish Wisdom

The Letter in the Drawer

The Ten Days of Repentance — and the way back to what the heart already knows.

Inspired by Jewish Wisdom

The Chair by the Window

Yom Kippur — forgiveness, release, and the permission to live again.

Inspired by Jewish Wisdom

The First Night in the Sukkah

Sukkot — and what actually holds us when there are no walls around us.

Inspired by Jewish Wisdom

The Same Word, a Different Person

Simchat Torah — an ending, a beginning, and how we change between them.

Inspired by Jewish Wisdom

The Sound That Woke Him

Rosh Hashanah — and the moment we remember to live.

Inspired by Jewish Wisdom

All Is Foreseen, Yet the Choice Is Yours

On choice, foreknowledge, and the step only you can take.

Inspired by Jewish Wisdom

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Timeless Stories, Ancient Wisdom

Bhagavad Gita

How to act when action feels impossible.

Tao Te Ching

The strength of what yields.

Buddhism

The end of suffering through clear seeing.

Zen

Direct pointing, before thinking.

Jewish Wisdom

Argument, blessing, and the work of repair.

Sufism

The path of the lover.

Upanishads

The turn inward.

Stoicism

Freedom through what depends on us.

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The Second Arrow

On the pain we add to the pain.

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