Feel good now. And whatever it takes… Help one another. That’s one of the lessons I learned from the interdimensional space cowboy in my book, The Stranger. The book opens 5,000 years after the fall of human civilization, when the stranger comes walking into the frontier town of Josek. Alien forces have brought the civilizations…
Category: parables
The Bandit, the Oni & the Secret of Changing Your Story
Feel good now. “That’s a magnificent sword,” I said to the man with the sword. “I’m partial to it,” he admitted, squinting down the blade at me with a weather-faced grin. We were standing on a deserted stretch of road in the Tai Po forest between Kiori and Ad Bhajjan. The man with the sword…
Stepping Into the Unknown (And Feeling Good There Too)
Feel good now. Sometimes, that means doing what we already know. When we know ourselves well, we often think we know exactly how to make ourselves feel good. But sometimes, life asks us to step into the unknown —and learn how to make that feel good, too. This is a chapter from my book THE…
The Lesson I Learned From an Evil Sultan
I learned this lesson from an evil sultan. “Simple solutions can be highly effective. Don’t complicate things unnecessarily.” In my book Parables, the sultan of Duali had risen to his rank by overthrowing the previous royal family. With the help of a cult of sorcerers, he killed most of them and installed himself on the…
The Stranger, the Lizard, and the Secret of a Blissful Life
Life is precious. Feel good now. Let others do whatever they’re doing.Let the world be the way it is. Feel good now. And if you keep doing what feels good now, you’ll start to notice something magical: people and places around you get blessed simply because you passed that way. Here’s a moment from my…
What I Know About Luck
Some mornings, bliss doesn’t arrive through breathwork or a good cup of tea.It arrives through remembering.Through honoring the path we’ve walked.Through loss… and how we let it light us.This is a story from my novel Pillar Walker, but it’s also a prayer.A reminder.A map. Do you believe in luck? I do. I was born under Pelir,…
PARABLE 3 – The Thief of Anakar
With a sudden movement, he yanked the purse from the stranger’s belt and shoved him away in the same motion, sending the older man sprawling. He heard the clink of coins as the mouth of the purse flew open in his hurry and spewed gold across the cold stone of the alleyway. There was no…
PARABLE 2 – The Chess Master
The city of Anakar was on the edge of the vast desert, and from their place on the upper terrace everyone present could feel the warm wind that swept in with the dusk. Uthman the chess master wandered his gaze across the scattered pieces, touching them with his eyes and letting his mind play out…
PARABLE 1 – The Center of Everything
Near the center of the vast desert that spans the continent of Wa Madul, there is an oasis. And as the passage of time trickled through the god Freyn’s great hourglass, a town sprang up around the sweet waters. It was a desert place, a shifting sea of colorful tents and dark-skinned, sun-bronzed men and…