Looking at life differently

by | Aug 25, 2015 | Mindfulness

The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. ― Douglas...

Creating a “good” present moment

by | Jul 25, 2015 | Mindfulness

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. —Dalai Lama I was talking to friend of mine about my ideas of keeping myself happy, that is to say, if I can make myself happy now I’ll be poised to have, create or solve any problem or...

Creating happiness everyday

by | May 23, 2015 | Mindfulness

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. —Martha Washington Social scientists and economists...

Appreciating the ebb and the flow…

by | Mar 30, 2015 | Mindfulness

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my...