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Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@trojantry?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Andy Art</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/safe-driving?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="784b">ME: My friend Adam has a dog named Abandon.</p><p id="ec01">ZM: Really? Why does he have a dog named Abandon?</p><figure id="b7db"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*HGCJCgQwqBb4UJMrPUN06Q.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@alimaddyce?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Anastasia Ulyanova</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/happy-dog?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="28bf">ME: So he can drive with Abandon.</p><figure id="73d1"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*nhtqXEx5q1zaO7vSHIeB5Q.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@masinutoscana?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Giuseppe Mondì</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/dog-in-car-window?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="b4e3">This is a series.</p><p id="2b80">Time travel — you choose, backwards or forwards in time.</p><div id="8091" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/conversations-with-a-zen-master-4476c81d362c"> <div> <div> <h2>Conversations with a Zen Master</h2> <div><h3>Modern Day

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Koan Musings #4</h3></div> <div><p></p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*FzgKeAbSFwwbmOgebDVDWw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="a407" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/conversations-with-a-zen-master-5b00f4ec77ff"> <div> <div> <h2>Conversations with a Zen Master</h2> <div><h3>Modern Day Koan Musings #6</h3></div> <div><p></p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*FzgKeAbSFwwbmOgebDVDWw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="dc68">© Susan Brearley, 2019 All Rights Reserved</p><p id="ec27"><i>Susan Brearley is a brilliant strategist, a published book author, writer, seasoned editor, essayist, occasional comedy writer, and an accidental poet. She is currently working on her second book, a murder mystery about an OCD detective, who’s been called a “young version of Monk.” She’s a retired systems engineer and salesperson from IBM, a serial entrepreneur, and a survivor of a stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer since 1995. She’s also working on her US Coast Guard Captain’s license, has her US Sailing keelboat certification, and is the creator and elder teacher of a new program, “VisionQuest” that mentors and teaches adults of all ages how to create the life they were born to live. She is currently based in the mid-Hudson Valley, New York.</i></p></article></body>

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Conversations with a Zen Master

Modern Day Koan Musings #5

Car is packed and ZM is getting ready to drive home to Boston.

Photo by VanveenJF on Unsplash (Yes, I know, it’s not even a US license plate)

ME: Okay, safe driving.

ZM: Okay.

ME: But everyone will be driving today. It’s a holiday. (it was Indigenous Peoples’ Day)

ZM: I’ll drive with abandon.

Photo by Samuele Errico Piccarini on Unsplash

ME: No, don’t drive with abandon.

ZM: Okay.

Photo by Andy Art on Unsplash

ME: My friend Adam has a dog named Abandon.

ZM: Really? Why does he have a dog named Abandon?

Photo by Anastasia Ulyanova on Unsplash

ME: So he can drive with Abandon.

Photo by Giuseppe Mondì on Unsplash

This is a series.

Time travel — you choose, backwards or forwards in time.

© Susan Brearley, 2019 All Rights Reserved

Susan Brearley is a brilliant strategist, a published book author, writer, seasoned editor, essayist, occasional comedy writer, and an accidental poet. She is currently working on her second book, a murder mystery about an OCD detective, who’s been called a “young version of Monk.” She’s a retired systems engineer and salesperson from IBM, a serial entrepreneur, and a survivor of a stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer since 1995. She’s also working on her US Coast Guard Captain’s license, has her US Sailing keelboat certification, and is the creator and elder teacher of a new program, “VisionQuest” that mentors and teaches adults of all ages how to create the life they were born to live. She is currently based in the mid-Hudson Valley, New York.

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