A Tribute to a Co-worker

December 27, 2011 by Andre Best

Most of us have jobs that we are required to be at for most of the week. Because of this, most of us still have co-workers that we are around for the majority of our week. Some of those co-workers we enjoy, we talk with, we arrange things with, we report to, and some, we befriend.

I have one such co-worker, Barbara, who was involved with my life from the very first time I submitted an employment application with my employer way back in the late summer of 1994. Barbara was integral to me getting hired. She convinced her boss at the time that I was the person to be hired, out of a roster of 136 applicants for the position.

Barbara was the supervisor of other office workers, and although I would never report directly to her, I did work with her in the same work division since I was hired. I went to her uncountable times over the past 17 years though for advice and comments on both work and personal sharings.

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A Beautiful Mind, a Dirty Mind

November 6, 2011 by Andre Best

Sometimes the mind needs to process stuff so it lets us know by how the body feels out of sorts and seems to be preoccupied with a feeling or a sensation, or even many thoughts in a seemingly never-ending stream in front of the minds eye.

The mind is letting us know that something needs to be worked through. Something needs to be expressed so as to be moved beyond. Is any of it real? Of course, it feels as such, but in reality it isn't. The mind has just found another way to busy up the presence of life with its seeming existence.

It wants us to focus on its needs, not what is truly present and needing attention: what is.

The mind is a marvelous machine. It never stops. It doesn't need fuel very often, and when it does it certainly lets us know by bringing more drama into our life so as to continue its existence and daily stream of processing that we can't seem to escape from, even during sleep.

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This Is What Is

October 22, 2011 by Andre Best

If one is so fortunate, leaving something alone for a while allows one to see better what it is and how it is entangled in the way one views it. Allowing for separation enables one to see the gap that exists between what was lived and what was loosened from. It creates space. It creates a gap that allows for a viewing of what is around the thing that was held onto, perhaps already for a long, long time.

Think of anything. An object. A long relationship. A thought. We have so many things that are a part of our lives and our days and moments here. They've been with us throughout this journey. Yet, somehow, usually unbeknownst to us we picked them up along the way to now and held onto them without even knowing that we were, and are, doing so.

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A Question Not Answered

August 29, 2011 by Andre Best

A friend asked me a question, and I answered the best I could.

Q: "What is it when we want to be just mortal?" Why are "feelings" just ego?

A: The body sweats when hot. The body shivers when cold. The digestive system digests and excretes. The heart pumps blood. The brain processes thoughts. The mind feels emotions and other feelings.

That's the human organism.

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Writing Writing Itself

July 31, 2011 by Andre Best

Sitting here staring at the blinking cursor on the screen in front of me right now makes me think about the entire process of writing and what it entails. Most people would say that they can't write or that they don't know how to write.

To me, writing isn't about knowing how to write. Certainly, my writing style is not the usual mold. And the syntax and grammar and structure that I use is not the norm or something that would be used at the NY Times: except to serve as a streite example of how not to write.

The entire process of writing is interesting in and of itself. What is it anyway? Well, it's simply putting what's in the mind onto e-paper. It's a structuring of thoughts and the words that they include into a cohesive flow that makes sense. Wash, rinse, repeat, and an article is born.

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