Journal
Surrendering to what is…
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
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 projects....
Finding Your Tribe
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
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 into...
The blues happen… then what?
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
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...
Be selfish and forgive
Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie I’ve often gotten into trouble, unjustly I might add, because I asked the question why? I say unjustly because I’ve asked the question because I’ve wanted to...
Creating a compelling vision, a restart
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside awakens. – Carl Jung If you watched the Tony Robbins’s YouTube video I suggested when I wrote about "Dreaming lofty dreams", you know that he said today,...
Dreaming lofty dreams
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your Vision is the promise of what you shall one day be. Your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil. —James Allen My birthday is in January, so the New Year really does represent a new year...
