Daily Prompt: Zen

Zen. It’s an odd word isn’t it. It kind of conjures up images of hippies in the 60s or Buddhist monks meditating on mountains. It’s not a word we tend to use much in the West as it sounds quite pretentious. Or at least, the people who tend to utter it are. But what does…

When this is over…

When all this is over what will we choose to keep? When weโ€™re tired from climbing this mountain so steep. Will we return to a life lived stressfully, where itโ€™s hard for us to keep up? Or will we keep some things thatโ€™ve slowed us down and forced us just to stop? Will we forget…