CALMING CHAOS

Is your mind a "swamp

[of] mosquitoes of neuro-

tic thoughts?" What to do?

Laugh! And read City

Dharma by Arthur Jeon.

Quirky, practical

The image quoted above is one of many that made me laugh out loud while reading this book. The full title is: City Dharma: Keeping Your Cool in the Chaos. We all need help with "keeping our cool" these days in our too-often stressful world. Arthur Jeon dives into all sorts of nitty-gritty issues, including "Road Rage," "Spare Some Change?," "Transcending Media Negativity" and "Awareness and Violence."


This book contains lots of great nuggets. If one chapter or section doesn’t appeal to you, skip around until you find another that does. Jeon sets his stories and practical advice in a Buddhist context, but you'll relate to many of his points even if you don’t share his Buddhist orientation.