I do not share with my colleagues at work that I practice Buddhism. Journalism is, for the most part, a cynical and materialistic livelihood. Anyone talking in an environment like that about practicing Buddhist meditation would quickly be branded as a flake. It’s ironic, because I see Buddhas walking around the newsroom all the time.

That said, when I’m practicing hardest, I am not a Buddhist or anything else. There is just awareness, with an open, friendly and curious flavour; just awareness, with no labels like “Buddhist” hanging off it at all.

“If your practice continues, enlightenment will come. But even if it does not, if your practice is good, it is almost the same.”
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi