by Dave Ursillo | Feb 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
“An open heart writhes for all those who suffer…” In the last few days, I’ve found myself talking quite a bit about suffering with friends, even relative strangers. Sometimes the conversation drifts philosophically to the concept of suffering...
by Dave Ursillo | Dec 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
“[Christmas is] the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow passengers to the grave, and not another race...
by Dave Ursillo | Sep 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
“We are each unique, but if more people shared their personal stories of suffering, we would realize truly how similar we all are.” ~On Twitter this week One subject that I continually revisit (and really try to articulate in many different ways) on...
by Dave Ursillo | May 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
“The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.” ~Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. I learned a long time ago that the best way to alleviate one’s own...
by Dave Ursillo | Dec 8, 2020 | Chronicles of a Self-Storied Life
Imagine with me, if you will, what it must be like to be a bridge. The purpose of a bridge is noble. A bridge unites two distant land masses; it brings people together. A bridge grants people safe passage and helps them to get wherever they are going. Bridges could...
