Where the Buddha Meets the Road

“Suddenly, from the Void.” by Kiley Jon Clark

I was alone for the first time in my life. I mean, really alone.

Here I was, living in a tiny apartment, because after seventeen years of marriage, she could no longer accept my drinking.

I was a good provider. We had the house, cars and grass to mow.  I wasn't there emotionally for her or the kids. I had become my father, I guess. So, one day in early 2005, she just loaded up the kids and left...

Where the Buddha Meets the Road

“Killing for my Daughter” by Kiley Jon Clark

The Buddha said, “No one can make us angry, if the seed of anger is not already in our hearts.” So, as any good Buddhist, I’ve been trying to uproot that seed for years.

Sometimes I’m foolish enough to think that I have actually removed the seed of anger from my heart, then my cell rings, and it’s my ex-wife. And I discover, nope, it’s still there!

I wanted to start off with a little humor,...