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WRITING AS AN ARCHIVIST
There are seasons in life when the inner terrain shifts in ways that are almost imperceptible from the outside. We grow, we deepen, we shed old assumptions, and we quietly reassemble ourselves into someone slightly – or profoundly – different. Yet, the people around...
HOW OPINIONS FORM WITHOUT EFFORT
“Opinions” arrive quickly, like weather moving across the mind. They “form without effort,” often without reflection,...
EXCEPTIONAL THINKING
The world’s most capable minds, from the quiet warriors of American Special Forces to the tragic heroes of...
COMPRESSION and DEPRESSION
Sometimes what we call “depression” might really be something else. Instead, many of us walk around emotionally...
INTUITION and IMAGINATION
One thing that life continues to teach me – sometimes gently, sometimes like it is trying to get my attention with a...
LIVE HAPPY
When I think about what truly supports a grounded and meaningful life, I often return to a few simple Buddhist...
UNDERSTANDING HEAVEN
When people ask me about heaven, often before we have settled into the conversation, I tell them that my...
SILENT HEALERS
There are moments in a human life when the boundaries between the physical and the unseen thins, and something...
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...
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” has followed me throughout most of my writing career. It has not been an enemy, but a shadow that insists...
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.