A COSMOPOLITAN LAWYER: JUST SOME READINGS I HAVE ENJOYED LATELY

First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

I WILL NOT LET MY ANGER DESTROY ME

Thich Nhat Hanh, Present Moment Wonderful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living, with drawings by Mayumi Oda (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1990) ("Breathing in, I know that anger makes me ugly. / Breathing out, I do not want to be contorted by anger. / Breathing in, I know I must take care of myself. / Breathing out, I know loving kindness is the only answer." Id. at 66. "In anger, we tend to think of the other person as the source of our suffering. We see evil in him or her. 'He is cruel.' 'She oppresses me.' 'He wants to destroy me!' In fact, it is our anger that destroys us." Id. at 66.).