In his journal, Thomas Merton played a game where he would think back to where he was a year ago, write out what he could remember, then keep going back, year by year, details becoming embarrassingly sparse, until his memory failed him or it got too painful.| www.tommydixon.ca
Since September, I’ve been taking at least a photo a day.| www.tommydixon.ca
essays on coming home. Click to read Tommy Dixon, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.| www.tommydixon.ca
After five years of practice, July 19, 2023 was the day I suddenly quit meditating.| www.tommydixon.ca
When I walked into Church last week, I didn’t expect to walk out buoyed by a calm wave of relief.| www.tommydixon.ca
Date read: 2022-10-01. How strongly I recommend it: 8/10| Tommy Dixon
Date read: Multiple. How strongly I recommend it: 9/10| Tommy Dixon
Date read: Multiple. How strongly I recommend it: 9/10| Tommy Dixon
Date read: 2025-02-16. How strongly I recommend it: 9/10| www.tommydixon.ca
Date read: 2025-05-12. How strongly I recommend it: 8/10| Tommy Dixon
The other day, my roommate asked me whether I'd want to spend a day doing something I like alone, or doing something I dislike but with someone I love.| www.tommydixon.ca
The fastest way to get somewhere is, reliably, a straight line.| Tommy Dixon
“Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.| www.tommydixon.ca
“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.”| www.tommydixon.ca
I remember standing on the stony shore of Lake Ontario last January, a mean-spirited wind ripping across the water, the cold slicing through my coat, staring blankly, taking in everything and nothing at once, and realizing that it would be the loneliest year of my life.| www.tommydixon.ca
New Year's Day, I remember standing on the stony shore of Lake Ontario.| www.tommydixon.ca
I think we're at the precipice of a technological revolution.| www.tommydixon.ca
“There was joy in effort, and the world resisted effort to just the right degree, and yielded to it at last.| www.tommydixon.ca
