I read in a book that meditation is like planting a garden in your mind. So I planted the seeds, every morning, for a few minutes a day. Soon I saw sprouts, little green leaves poking out. At first I was happy. Finally, I could have my own garden. But then the sprouts grew a little each day, and sometimes they didn’t grow at all. So first I got on my knees and shouted at them to grow, but they didn’t grow faster.
I have a plant in my room that I bought when I first moved into my apartment. It’s a large Pothos from Ikea. Its leaves are wide and it grows in all different directions. I never owned plants before because I moved around too much, country to country, dorm to apartment. I was never in one place long enough to sustain one. Every few days, when the soil is dry, I water my plants.
Most of my life I’ve been a visitor in an imaginary land, rather than a resident of the world I live in. All day, I leave the present, and travel in my mind to the past or future. The past is an enormous rose bush. Throughout the day, in the corner of my mind, I may see a beautiful rose. I’m always tempted to turn my attention to this rose, and try to grab it.
It’s September 2025, and reviews are in for the new AirPods 3. They are receiving nearly universal acclaim. There is no doubt that technologically, the AirPods are a marvel. It’s been 11 years since the first bluetooth wireless earphones came out, the Bragi Dash, and 10 years since the first AirPods arrived to consumers. Over the decade, they have made significant improvements, most notably with the AirPod Pros’ noise cancelling feature.