Surrendering to what is…

by | Aug 26, 2016 | Mindfulness

Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t). —James...

Life… after the comfort zone

by | Jul 22, 2016 | Mindfulness

Get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about. —Joel Osteen When I worked in corporate American it was my job to know  everything about my...

Finding Your Tribe

by | Jun 29, 2016 | Mindfulness

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. — Baltasar Gracian In Acting On...

Acting on purpose

by | May 27, 2016 | Mindfulness

If you want what you want… do it on purpose sounds rather simplistic and well obvious doesn’t it? But that’s what acting on purpose is. Yet ironically acting on purpose usually isn’t big, loud or in your face. Often the simpler the thing, the harder it is to put...

The blues happen… then what?

by | Apr 29, 2016 | Mindfulness

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. —Carl Jung I woke up last night brimming with...

Opening up to what resides inside

by | Mar 25, 2016 | Mindfulness

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are. —José Saramago, Blindness My last two posts of 2015 focused on looking at what truly matters and then turning those things that are most important into lofty dreams. For New Year’s I wrote...