David Stone

“So, one early morning, I eased into our big, blue chair, cats looking on, and stretched my legs in front of me. I tuned in to the tides of air passing back and forth through my lungs. Unlike Esther and Jerry, I didn’t set any kind of timer. Right from the beginning, I was able to sense thirty minutes reliably. Sometimes, I got into such a glide, flying away from a high cliff or racing across the galaxy, it was necessary to intentionally change conscious states to draw myself back to the superficial moment. Getting hooked didn’t take long. For me, meditation is like a big chunk of dark chocolate I can savor every day without weight gain or rotting teeth.”
― David Stone, A Million Different Things: Meditations of the World's Happiest Man

“Decisions we make about it all create the texture and range of what we call our lives. Our decisions flavor our world. The facts are simple and daunting. Our array of choices is so broad, we never get the full breadth of them. In every moment, nonetheless, we have no choice but to decide, decide, decide, choices without end or interruption.”
― David Stone, A Million Different Things: Meditations of the World's Happiest Man