by Bud Megargee | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles
I once told a friend that the secret to life was in orchestrating great adventures. The art of creating events that involve launching ourselves into the depths of what it truly means to be utterly human. I believed that a series of healthy expeditions would propel...
by Bud Megargee | Dec 31, 2023 | Articles
I have been told that spiritual voyages produce strange occurrences. That our thinking adjusts as we unbend what we consciously exile to the back corners of our mind. These are the disquieting moments that eventually place unintended scars on our Book of Life. Allow...
by Bud Megargee | Nov 25, 2023 | Articles
Everyone has silent flaws. We are personally aware of them, but knowingly hide these weaknesses from others. Mine is with asking questions. Obtaining additional information within a conversation is not my problem. The absence of orchestrating the direction of the...
by Bud Megargee | Oct 10, 2023 | Articles
I believe there are moments when we think about life’s purpose and whether our religious and societal certainties provide us with meaningful answers. If that is true for you, then I would like to offer a “warning.” It was once suggested that if I were to...
by Bud Megargee | Sep 1, 2023 | Articles
We live in unsettled times. I am not just talking about the confusing partisan issues that incessantly fill our living rooms each evening. The state of humanity is what troubles me. There is a lack of enthusiasm that appears to circle everything. And when I look for...
by Bud Megargee | Aug 1, 2023 | Articles
There are moments in our lives that we both fear to relive and/or long to repeat. Unfortunately, time prevents a second chance to amend the past, as do most people. For those reasons, my understanding of others has always focused on how I view things as they really...
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.