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UNDERSTANDING HEAVEN

UNDERSTANDING HEAVEN

 When people ask me about heaven, often before we have settled into the conversation, I tell them that my understanding is not built on geography. It is built on attention. Over the years, through the books I have written and questions that I have followed, I have...

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SILENT HEALERS

SILENT HEALERS

There are moments in a human life when the boundaries between the physical and the unseen thins, and something...

LIFE STRUGGLES

LIFE STRUGGLES

When I think of the people closest to me – the ones I care the most about – I find myself wanting to gather them all...

SILENCE

SILENCE

The anxiety in my life has a way of filling every corner of my existence with noise. Individual thoughts race, my...

LEARNING the HARD WAY

LEARNING the HARD WAY

There are times when we lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, thinking about how we failed to learn from parts of...

SKEPTICISM and HOPE

SKEPTICISM and HOPE

“Skepticism” has followed me throughout most of my writing career. It has not been an enemy, but a shadow that insists...

LIFE EVOLVES WITH PURPOSE

LIFE EVOLVES WITH PURPOSE

I am often asked if life is a fixed point on a map of existence. No, it is not. “Life evolves with purpose.” Purpose...

BALANCE and HARMONY

BALANCE and HARMONY

We often hear that life is about finding "balance," when we continuously juggle work and rest, ambition and...

JOY

JOY

We all want “joy” in our life. Not the fleeting type that comes from a new gadget or a compliment, but the deep,...

ANGER

ANGER

I want to share something in this blog that has been sitting heavy on my heart lately – the weight of “anger.” Lately,...

THE AHA! MOMENT

THE AHA! MOMENT

AHA: “The sudden, electric clarity that slices through confusion like lightning through a darken sky.”  (unknown)...

BEYOND SNAP JUDGEMENT

BEYOND SNAP JUDGEMENT

In our relationships, whether romantic, familial, or professional, we often find ourselves standing at the crossroads...

About Bud Megargee

Bud Megargee is a former senior behavioral healthcare executive; a Washington, DC., healthcare lobbyist; and an independently published, best-selling and award-winning author. He began writing after exploring Eastern philosophy and alternative medicine techniques in the professional treatment of emotional challenges at a Taiwanese Buddhist monastery.