writing – JACK N. LAWSON – author • speaker • trainer

Peeling Your Life’s Onion

I turned 74 this month. Every birthday can be a time of reflection and evaluation—as well as the certain knowledge that there are more years behind me than are those that lie ahead. Two weeks before my birthday I gave the last of my scholarly library to the son of a former student of mine.Continue reading “Peeling Your Life’s Onion”

Chopping Wood, Carrying Water

For any readers familiar with Zen Buddhism the above phrase will be familiar: “Before enlightenment, chopping wood, carrying water; after enlightenment, chopping wood, carrying water.” When I was young and much more idealistic than I am now–and I am still an idealist!–I used to picture enlightenment as a constant state of bliss…perhaps even as anContinue reading “Chopping Wood, Carrying Water”