Andrew Safer — Mindfulness Instruction, Training, and Consultation—St. John’s, Newfoundland
As the pain of the world stretches, an unforgiving wind whips through the trees. The conflagration that is supposedly not a war feeds off every spare moment. Like an enormous wave we don’t even see, it’s skulking in the background of everything we do. There is the helplessness, the massiveness. Where can we bring our …
Garrett avoids parties because he knows how uncomfortable he will be: standing around with a bunch of strangers, trying to make small talk. Ever since Rebecca heard about layoffs two weeks ago she’s been distraught, afraid she’s going to lose her job. Carmen, an accountant, is overwhelmed. Her mother was just diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, right …
(c) Andrew Safer 2016 Seated on the university bus A few minutes’ wait. Three women to the left and right Interacting With their phones Happily occupied and free From the uncomfortable gaps Of silence and dead time. “Lucky them,” you think Remembering when you were standing Awkwardly in their shoes Dying from self-consciousness Now envious …