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In the grand scheme of things, in the entire 14 plus billion year history of the Universe, and the 4 plus billion year history of our own little blue pearl in a sea of black void, the time any of us are here on the planet is the blink of an eye. So no matterContinue reading “We Are All Nobody”

So as a nearly life long practicing Nichiren Buddhist (almost 48 years now), I have often given thought to the differences between the belief system I was born and raised in and the one I adopted at an early age. And when I state my observations, I am in no way implying a criticism ofContinue reading “A Brief Essay on Belief Systems”

Partisan politics aside, it is a discussion we need to have. I’m certainly glad to be in the SF Bay Area right now. Between Mayor Breed and Governor Newsom, and a citizenship that is aware enough to take this threat seriously, we have been spared the worst case scenario so far. But we do needContinue reading “How do we make our way forward in this new reality?”

So I just played along with a Facebook Meme and posted my Senior Picture in support of the Class of 2020, who are all going to miss out on their graduations. My heart goes out to all those youth as they prepare to miss out on some of our time-honored rites of passage. However, thisContinue reading “Thoughts on Graduation 2020”

Last night I saw a news segment about the folks in Italy and how life is changed forever in one town where a whole generation of elders has been prematurely taken from their families by the virus. We all know that death is part of the natural order of things, but it went from aContinue reading “Some Random Thoughts on the Coronavirus and the Future”