Phoenix of Love

I’ve been reflecting on how much the feeling of control influences happiness. It is really very difficult to get into a state of flow—to get engrossed in what you are doing—without feeling in control, and when you can’t get into that state of flow regularly, your satisfaction with life inevitably plummets.
I think that one of [...]

One of the most striking aspects of the Icefields Parkway, and one that I had not even considered before I was actually standing there on the side of the road, was the silence.
The only other place in which I’ve experienced such total, unbroken silence is in Death Valley. There was no background noise whatsoever. When [...]

I will be driving through the Canadian Rockies for the next few days, so there probably won’t be any posts until Tuesday.

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When I was younger, it bothered me tremendously that I couldn’t think straight in noisy places. I thought it was some defect of my mind that I had trouble feeling spiritual in the midst of commotion. Recently, I heard about some research that showed that, although we can become used to noise in the sense [...]

I might be taking a trip to the Icefields Parkway in the Canadian Rockies around the end of February.
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For anyone who happens to be planning a leisure trip in the next few months, I have a piece of advice. As soon as you arrive in Boston or Bosnia or Bermuda or your location of choice, find a large hill (preferably with a view of the ocean), pack a bottle of water, and walk [...]