Her own name, Ruth, had often functioned like an omen, casting a complex shadow forward across her life. The word ruth is derived from the Middle English rue, meaning remorse or regret.
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Month: September 2013
Words and stories are time beings too
I started to think about how words and stories are time beings, too,
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The origin of the time being
The idea of the time being comes from a book called Shobogenzo that an ancient Zen master named Dogen Zenji wrote about eight hundred years ago…
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
The definition of a time being
A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us who is, or was, or ever will be.
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Move toward the light
What do you do when you don’t know what to do about something?
I talk to Mr. Sugar and my friends. I make lists. I attempt to analyze the situation from the perspective of my “best self”—the one that’s generous, reasonable, forgiving, loving, bighearted, and grateful. I think really hard about what I’ll wish I did a year from now. I map out the consequences of the various actions I could take. I ask what my motivations are, what my desires are, what my fears are, what I have to lose, and what I have to gain. I move toward the light, even if it’s a hard direction in which to move. I trust myself. I keep the faith. I mess up sometimes.
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
Bewildered Creatures 