Here are a few lessons the hedgehog might teach us today: • Instead of drilling and polluting our planet like foxes on the ...

On a vacation last winter in Costa Rica I found myself caught in a large rip tide. Every instinct in my body wanted me to ...

The Chinese New Year is a time for renewal, gathering with loved ones, and celebrating traditions with joy and hope. It ...

Art has been behind — and indeed at the core of — every great revolution and social movement. There a mountain of important political art across genres and mediums that inspire as much as they ...

Here the ‘spark of hope in the past’ is that momentary ‘friendship’ between sage and customs official which elicits Lao Tzu’s wisdom. Such friendliness forms Brecht’s and Benjamin’s ‘minimum programme ...

I don’t do New Year’s resolutions anymore. Instead, I like to take time to reflect on the previous year, think about what worked and did not, and clear a little ...

Anesthesia is a very powerful thing. If you have to have it for any reason, you best be prepared to be a little embarrassed afterward, which is totally fine. No one can fault you for it… but they can ...

Mehmet’s wisdom feels Rumi-like ... His actions mirror Wu Wei, the effortless action Lao Tzu describes — an alignment with the flow of existence rather than resistance against it.