Wayne Moses Burke

Life is a balance of things. To be happy and successful, you need to accomplish a lot of things at the same time – you have to survive: food, shelter, clothing, etc.; you have to maintain relationships with those around you: family, friends, lovers; you have to manage your own happiness: your spiritual well-being, your [...]

How do you solve a problem? One My first answer would be to use logic. Figure out what the problem is. Determine a solution. Rationally lay out a plan of action. Implement it. The problem with this is that I don’t follow plans well – let me rephrase. Plans do not approximate reality well. They [...]

Isn’t that what it’s all about? Listening to Obama’s acceptance speech last night, I couldn’t help but draw parallels between Lincoln (which he talked about), FDR, and him. I suppose to leave out Washington is historically inaccurate, but I don’t know enough to draw those conclusions. This is not to say that I have decided [...]

Well, that’s the question I’m trying to answer and here’s the progress: As I told you before, I think I over did it on my first day. The second day I wore my new glasses for an hour and even that was pushing it, so I back off for awhile – I think my eyes [...]

Chris said yesterday (I’m paraphrasing): “We need to stop trying to be, and just spend our time being.”

Well, here’s the first update on the experiment. It felt good at first, but I went too far. I wore the new glasses for about 2 1/2 hours, and methinks it was way too much. That’s when the headaches became pretty darn strong, and I had to ‘take a break’ and nap.

I’m doing something crazy. Is that news? Perhaps not, but here’s the plan: I just ordered new glasses from an online seller. Infathomably, they were $19 (plus shipping). To keep it interesting, I ordered them with a weaker prescription than I probably should have to work on improving my sight and hopefully do away with [...]

I know – it sounds a little woo-woo (new agey, if you will), but listen for a minute. A dear friend of mine sent me a link to some audio files from the website of a couple of Buddhist teachers in New York City who did a series of teachings on this subject – and [...]

What is this crazy thing called love? No. Seriously. What is that about? We all talk about it and want it and chase after it, but what is it? What is it really? Bear with me, I’ve been working on this…

What is the value of this much-hyped interaction intended to get us ahead in our careers and social lives? I have been pondering this question recently as I have been evaluating my success in finding the perfect job in Washington, DC — ie, I haven’t had much luck and wonder why.