What if you found yourself standing before a banquet table stretching from here to beyond your sight? That table is covered with every imaginable delight to your senses; every food and drink your heart could desire, in unlimited quantities, and no matter how much you chose to consume, there would always be more ready for you at […]
The reason we are happy is because we choose to be happy. Happiness isn’t about a song or a another person, or the balance in our bank account. All those things can be present in glorious abundance, but it doesn’t mean we will be happy. Happiness is an inside job; inside ourselves. When we look to
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Talk about an oxymoron! To have new, to expand into our true selves change is the essential first step. Now, here’s the kicker, sometimes change hurts. There we are rolling along feeling great that new experiences are coming into our lives when suddenly we feel the pangs of letting go of what we knew. Ouch. So
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Full disclosure: recently someone I love and respect posted a comment about me having failed at something. That set me to thinking about what failure looks like; here is what I came up with. 1) One might fail if they let others dictate what the best path for them might be and allow their dreams to
Despite the seemingly prevailing view, saying “you’re right” does not automatically mean “I’m wrong.” Saying you’re right simply means we see the other persons viewpoint and find something worthwhile there. If we are in the middle of a discussion about how to drive somewhere and find the other person’s idea of the route is more
A four year old has very few ways to express their displeasure with an adult. They might throw a temper tantrum, they might refuse to eat, but the big one, the thermonuclear option is to declare “I don’t love you.” This may work for a four year old, but as big people we really want
No matter how deep the love is someone is offering you, no matter how much money you might have in the bank, no matter how good your health is, if you cannot see it for what it is, it simply does not exist. In It’s All About Me I quote a friend of mine, Ted Farrell,
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Yes, you are in control of your life. You call the shots, you directly control all aspects of your life. Good for you! Suddenly we realize that rather than being in control of our lives we are really doing nothing more than moving with the tides around us. This can come about from several directions:
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Until we accept personal responsibility for our own actions, words, desire and thoughts we have but one tool in our tool chest to allow us to move forward: Blame. We blame others for the state of our lives, we blame others for the condition of our marriages. “You ruined my (our) life, you cost me
A huge percentage of the American population has been on a commercial airline flight. One of the early instructions is always, “if you are traveling with a child or disabled person, place the air mask on yourself first, then assist the other person. This is not an example of “lifeboat ethics”, it is a statement
