I'll sleep when I'm dead.
“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass, God is waiting for you.”–Werner Heisenberg, father of quantum physics I have visited CERN. I have been to Heisenberg’s lab where the synchrocyclotron still lives. … Continued
“The future belongs to the storytellers.” I heard this the first time two decades ago at a professional development seminar on marketing and branding. And it is true. Content is king. In any medium, the story sells it. In the … Continued
Autumn is the time that schools start their new academic year, which means that every August we have inductions for the new incoming faculty at school. Orientations. Every time I hear that word, orientation, my mind wanders off to the … Continued
What if your ultimate role in someone’s life is to bring them pain? Even if that’s not our intention, what if it is somehow necessary in the larger scheme of things? No one WANTS to inflict pain on another person … Continued
Hayat çatlak bardaktaki su benzer; içsen de tükenir içmesen de, bu yüzden hayattan tat almaya bak; çünkü yaşasan da bitecek yaşamasan da. –Neyzen Tevfik “Life is like water in a cracked glass: if you drink it, it will be gone; … Continued
Despite the fact that I have been a vegetarian (and a little bit pescetarian) for more than half of my life now, I STILL never had the slightest desire or inclination to become vegan. Until last month. Last month I … Continued
“The way out is IN.” –Thich Nhat Hanh “As above, so below.” –Sacred Geometry, Hermeticism, and various spiritual traditions These days I am often saying to Sevde, “Choose your poison or one will be chosen for you.” By poison, I … Continued
“Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be.” –Alan Watts I decided to give up my identity. Or perhaps more accurately, I have decided to let go of the personality I was … Continued
Or Söğütgediği, for short. “Willow Pass”, if you must know the English. Those are the coordinates. I’m now a LANDOWNER. We’ve almost finished the small pre-fab house on the lot, too, but the exciting part for me is the land. … Continued
All bikers are optimists. We have to be. The dangers of the road are something we have all faced firsthand, and most of us know at least one person whose life ended on a bike. But that doesn’t stop us. … Continued