Take Your Bodhisattva to Work Day
By Holly Herring I have been told that I have a way of explaining complicated things in...
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Author: Holly Herring
Social Justice as Self Help
Is it possible that we have overlooked social justice as self help? What if becoming a better person yourself could be rooted in smashing the patriarchy, creating safe and inclusive spaces, changing all that all pervasive heteronormative imagery, and asking what you can do for your neighbors that are struggling. Maybe some of that damage we need all these self help books to “fix”, has been imposed by racism, classism, sexism, and all sorts of other -isms.
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We Don’t Set Out to Save the World
By Holly Herring I have an issue; it’s with people. Don’t get me wrong, I love...
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Attachment and “What If?”
I recently moved to a different state. It was a decision made not with joy and not to a reunion with loved ones, not a return to “home”. No, this was me moving away from everything I had built for myself.
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Mr. Rogers and the Buddha Saw Me Grieve
Mr. Rogers looked me in the eye from my television screen and told me about losing his childhood dog. Then he sang to me about how the same people who are sad sometimes are the people who are also glad sometimes. Then he continued the song with an observation about how it’s the same for him and I – this sadness and gladness.
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