How is it that we can grow if we are glued to what has been? How is it we can love an support another person if we insist they remain the same? How is it we can expect to achieve our goals without changing who we are? OK, trick question. We cannot grow stuck to […]
Flying over the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the US time, at first, goes by quickly, then slows to a veritable crawl. In the arms of a loved one time does not exist. When we are on vacation, time whisks by all too quickly, so what is time? Why do we get so sideways about being
Talk is cheap, so they say, and it is true; words come easily and abundantly, the problem is no matter how many words we use we may not be communicating. This lack of communication is not simply because others are not listening, it is because they cannot hear us. In my book Bear and Butterfly
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Genius is not something bestowed upon one person and one person only. Genius is not something bestowed upon two people, or a thousand people; genius is all around us. In truth, each of us has a genius within us, we simply convince ourselves genius has skipped over us. We become self-limiting, and this self limitation
We can take pleasure from things close to us, even certain experiences. Take for instance the pleasure you get from seeing a child smile. There is nothing artificial about a childs smile, so it rings in our hearts clearly. We can recognize this reaction in ourselves, but too often we do not recognize that someone
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We are all creative beings, no matter how you look at yourself, you are a creative being. Everything about us cries out to be creative on some level or another. This is why destruction affects us the way it does. Destruction of buildings, habitat, relationships all affect us; for some it is a thrill, for
Have you spent years listening for that small still voice in your self that will confirm for you that you are on the right path? Are you getting frustrated that there has been no burning bush or pillar of fire as a signpost on your path? Good news! For most of us there will never
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I don’t have any limitations, you say. I am unlimited in all things. Yes, yes you are unlimited in all things, and when we get to the point in our evolution where we have embodied this truth to the fullest extent possible we will indeed have not limitations. Right now, however, no matter how evolved
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As the old saying goes; when everyone is out to get you paranoia is just common sense. Paranoia can be very destructive in our lives, causing us to question everyone and every thing leaving us no safe place to rest our minds. Now, if you can get your mind around the idea that everyone is
I am sitting outside a Starbucks in Kunatachi, Japan right now. All around me are the famous Cherry trees of Japan coming into bloom. Tourists and locals alike are snapping photos of the blossoms, the air is redolent with their soft fragrance. In a few days there will be a rain and most of these
