Why I quit alcohol

I have always been problematic when I had too much to drink but I never ended up in jail, until today.

When I was 14 I had my first bad experience with alcohol, I went to coma for 2 days after drinking an entire bottle of Vodka, a bottle of Rum and some Sambuca. When I…

The Moonlight Story

A few days ago I was at the wedding of a mate of mine. It was a big, indoors, beautiful party, with lots of people and incredibly good food. After dinner I was with my best friend sitting at the table, scouting the bridesmaids. He is a good lad and always gets laid with world class hotties. On…

How technology may have just saved my life

Don’t know about you but it’s never happened to me to have an autopilot landing on a plane. Tonight, on my flight back to Milan, because of the very deep fog the pilots couldn’t see shit so they had to rely on the autopilot.

Hope

Hope is important, because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. But that is the most that hope can do for us — to make some hardship lighter. When I think deeply about the nature of hope, I see something tragic. Since we cling…

Zen in the kitchen

There’s a story that Ed Brown, the Zen chef, tells about his early days with his teacher, Suzuki Roshi.

Ed was the head cook at Tassajara Zen Mountain Centre in California in the 1960s and was well known for his volatile temper. Once, in a fury, he went to his teacher…

La primavera

Un giorno, un non vedente era seduto sul gradino di un marciapiede con un cappello ai suoi piedi e un pezzo di cartone con su scritto: “Sono cieco, aiutatemi per favore”.

Un pubblicitario che passava di lì si fermò e notò che vi erano solo alcuni centesimi nel cappello. Si chinò…

Shut up

There was a man who knew about the Buddha’s reputation and he traveled miles and miles and miles to test him. When he arrived and stood before Buddha, he verbally abused him constantly, he insulted him, he challenged him, he did everything he could to offend Buddha. Buddha was unmoved. The man asked Buddha…

Witness to an Anarchy of Streams

It’s very difficult to properly think out loud. By that I mean that there will always be a filter. Our thoughts are not expressed with words exactly how they are in our minds.