relaxation

  When I get ready to go out on the town I usually turn up the volume on some Buddhist teachings. No, it's not Kanye but it's something.   I was listening to Pema Chodron tonight from her book "Coming Closer to Ourselves."   She made this very cool point that I hadn't thought of before.   She says: "Life is just a succession of agreeable and disagreeable. Over and over and over again." It's a profound thought. Life isn't a straight line. Life isn't a road you pick for yourself. Life isn't even a highway even thought that's  a great fucking song. Life is a succession of agreeable and disagreeable. Over and over and over again. Life goes up…