1. Blog: the importance of being there

    Why is physical presence important to a protest movement?

  2. “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” Dalai Lama

  3. Poem: the cat, and i watch : on my curtains, the / shadows of blown-about leaves / dancing in sunrise.

  4. Blog: losing (and gaining) a hero

    I kept walking, maybe ten feet, and I turned around once more. I looked Steve Jobs in the eye and said, with pure and unadulterated sincerity, “Thank you.”

  5. “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” Steve Jobs

  6. Blog: bonfire of the exes

    And though most days they are leery and wary of one another, intoxicated – they know the measure of his manhood, they know all his idiosyncrasies… his stupid tricks, his weird fetishes and his gross habits.

  7. “Somewhere along the line I knew there’d be girls, visions, everything; somewhere along the line the pearl would be handed to me.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road

  8. Blog: An Open Letter to Harvey “Gollum”

    The rich are not rich because they earned the money; they’re rich because we earned the money for them.

Mila (Jacob Stetser)

Mila is a writer, photographer, poet & technologist.

He shares here his thoughts on Buddhism, living compassionately, social media, building community,
& anything else that interests him.

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