Yesterday I showed a friend how we can do a forward-delete on our MacBooks by pressing function/delete. He kept asking, “Why would I want to delete something I haven’t written yet?” He retriggered my ongoing internal question, “What’s the difference between a Zen Master, someone who can’t think outside the box, and an Alzheimer’s patient since they all live in the moment?” A bit of a Zen koan in itself…
I first began pondering this question while caring for my mother during her final years as an Alzheimer's patient. Her body had helped her quickly and effortlessly conquer a discipline that I'd spent years studying and trying to achieve...
