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#164: "I hope to do something truly great someday..."
What do I wish most to leave behind?
Jul 7, 2023


#162: "I don't think most people set out to do harm..."
What does it mean to be an engaged citizen?
Jun 7, 2023


#144: "Sometimes it feels like I don't know..."
I've been re-reading some of Pema Chödrön's book, When Things Fall Apart, and so much is still so relevant in today's chaotic and...
Dec 1, 2022


#140: "I should think I'm old enough..."
There is a little story that Ram Dass once told about caring for his aged father. Every morning, his father, a man who apparently was...
Oct 26, 2022


#139: Whatever you do, ask yourself...
Modern society teaches us that anything worthwhile doesn't come easily. We are always told that the good things in life take hard work....
Oct 18, 2022


#132: "Oh no, you didn't finish your work..."
It's easy to feel impatient, to fee like I am stagnant or moving backwards, when I recognize that the world doesn't change fast enough to...
Aug 23, 2022


#128: Fear not the wind...
Flying a kite is an exercise in life: a balance in command and release, to give into the direction of the wind, to maintain enough...
Jul 20, 2022


#116: "Sometimes, you can only do a small..."
It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the enormity of all there is to do for our world. But what small things we can do every day is how we...
Apr 25, 2022


#106: "Some day we'll look back..."
Inspired by a quote from People I've Loved: "Some day we'll look back on this time & wonder how we got through it. I have no idea how...
Jan 26, 2022


#096: "Do you ever get bored..."
I'm taking part again in Dani DiPirro's 30-day gratitude challenge. The prompt for this comic is ROUTINE. Sometimes routine gets a bad...
Nov 18, 2021


#092: "This is really hard," the Boy thought...
Inspired by Miyamoto Musashi and JW von Goethe. What are you working on today?
Oct 19, 2021


#087: As the Boy looked down into the valley...
Inspired by George Bernard Shaw After I finished university, I turned down an opportunity to work in corporate finance for a large...
Oct 10, 2021


#084: "I'm not sure what to do with my work..."
Inspired by Saint Teresa of Avila, "The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to...
Sep 22, 2021


#082: "The poem, the song, the picture, is only water drawn..."
When I first started this account last year, I wasn't 100% sure what I hoped to come out of it, but I suppose that is the thing about...
Sep 12, 2021


#077: "A single seed planted..."
Sometimes when the going gets tough, we become even tougher on ourselves. I can't count the number of times I've told myself to "shake it...
Aug 18, 2021


#074: "The Ox may be powerful," said the Egret...
Someone who dedicates himself to the process, to the work that benefits not only himself but also others without expectation of an...
Aug 15, 2021


#070: "What do you think is the purpose of life?"
Original quote by Alan Watts Sometimes I think about all the things I've wanted to achieve and still want to achieve, and must remember...
Jul 21, 2021


#058: This, my dear, is the greatest challenge of being alive...
I've always loved these two quotes and wanted to combine them somehow: "I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the...
Mar 22, 2021


#051: "There's still a long way to go..."
One of the inspirations for creating this webcomic was Charlie Mackesy and his words of affirmation and encouragement. This conversation...
Feb 25, 2021
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