Wednesday, March 28, 2018

A Lifetime of Zen



I just finished watching "The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling" and the tears are still flowing. This was an incredible insight into not just a career, but into the depth of one man's search for meaning, peace, resolution, and above all, honesty. There are so many things here I never knew or would expect to have known, but now that I do, I feel somewhat validated and inspired in my own quest for insight and awareness. It makes me want to write more frequently and more honestly, too.





This was beautiful, genuine, humane, insightful, inspiring, heartbreaking, life-affirming, centering, focusing, angst-ridden, and joyous. One of the best of many of his insightful comments came towards the end of the film and his life... "I can be funny at the drop of a hat. Except that sometimes, you can’t find a hat."