Nothing truly exists. Can you embrace this idea? We have walked up to this idea step by step. If you have yet to read the two previous blogs, please do so now so we can be on the same page. If nothing truly exists except where we give our attention, then how truly real is whatever […]
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Sometime in my past I was told a common Native American belief was that when we die, everything and everybody else ceases to exist. Maybe this is a common Native American concept, maybe not, but if we follow the premise and add my previous blog to the equation, the idea does not seem all that
Tonight I watched Peyton Manning throw touchdown pass number 509. This was an impossible task, except for Peyton who did not recognize the term Impossible. Same thing for the man who held the record before Peyton the sky was the limit. Who makes an accomplishment impossible? We do. Who makes an accomplishment possible? We do.
I wish I were…(add the thing or things you wish you were here) is one of the most destructive ideas we can put in our own heads. Why? Because in saying “I wish I were smarter”, for instance, we convince ourselves we are not smart at all, and this is not true. “I wish I
Too often we do not have the opportunity to ask this question before we lash out at someone. The reason we are “bugged” by people and situations goes back to our training. Yes, we as humans are trained. We are trained to make us less difficult to manage! We can go into that at another
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Call me a rebel, it’s been done before; call me a non-conformist, it would not be the first time, also try; stubborn, resistant, independent, contrary, the list goes on an on, but I simply do not find satisfaction in things simply because someone tells me “I’m Supposed To”. Here is how I look at it:
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Have you ever seen that sign along the freeway? EXPECT DELAYS. What happens when you see that sign? Chances are you get tense, begin wondering if you will get to your destination on time, you may even begin to get anxious, perhaps even angry, “Why me, why today?” you ask yourself. I have noticed that
I’ve got an idea! This is the greatest idea ever, it will save the company (or our family, or our program) so much!, then you present the idea and it falls on deaf ears, it is like we are speaking a dead language. How deflating that can be, and often we respond with anger, or
Day one of the All American Soap Box Derby Championships for 2014. Today I had the honor of working with almost 500 champions and their families as they were welcomed to Akron. Here is my take-away: For almost every one of these racers there is a chance, a good chance that on Saturday THEY will
A neighbor of mine has that bumper sticker, and it is sooo true! We have been handed our thoughts from teachers ranging back to our very first conscious thought. Obviously many of those thoughts have not been examined in our current frame of mind and education, yet we still act upon them as though they
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