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Towards an Unshakable Foundation of Peace
Waiting for a connecting flight from San Francisco on my way home to Fort Lauderdale, I look around me at the faces of my fellow early...
David Gittlin
May 19, 20203 min read


Hidden Treasure
What Do You Really Need? There are things in this world that promise satisfaction, and we launch into the quest to have these things...
David Gittlin
May 14, 20202 min read


Break Open the Sky
Let the sky break open and burn a deep azure blue. Let the ripening fields explode in the warmth of the shimmering sun. Let God fall down...
David Gittlin
May 11, 20201 min read


Grain Burgers and the Door to the Infinite
The moment arrived unannounced during a set of solitary yoga postures on my plush, living room rug. A long stretch to relieve the...
David Gittlin
May 1, 20205 min read


Serenity
To experience serenity, I think of the word “see.” To feel serene, I remember that a wise person sees the big picture. From this...
David Gittlin
Apr 27, 20201 min read


This Single Moment
I don’t know anything anymore I don’t know up from down Or east from west Or happiness from sadness I don’t know anything It’s becoming...
David Gittlin
Apr 21, 20201 min read


Where Is My Playground?
Where is my playground now? I want to romp in sunlit fields. Like I did when I was younger. But there are no open fields now like there...
David Gittlin
Mar 30, 20201 min read


Chart Your Course to a Better Life
The Enchanted Forest of Childhood There was a wooded lot two houses down from my home in the neighborhood where I grew up. We called it,...
David Gittlin
Nov 17, 20194 min read


Innate Goodness
There’s a lot of stuff happening in the world that is bad—really bad. We know this, and we tend to focus on the bad stuff. So, I’m...
David Gittlin
Aug 15, 20193 min read
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