What really ticks you off is your hot button. We all have something that can set us off, why I bet even Buddha had something. There is nothing wrong with having a hot button if, and I mean if, you recognize when it has been pushed. Once you are able to recognize one of your …
The most powerful thing about demonizing others is that we create a scapegoat for our own fears. The most disempowering thing about having a scapegoat is we no longer have to face our own shortcomings. Learning to improve ourselves With a scapegoat, or someone to blame for what makes us uncomfortable, we by-pass an essential …
There comes a time when the best thing one can do is simply stop. As much as we may want to continue a project, doing so is a fight that requires too many compromises. The level of frustration begins to overwhelm us when we attempt to push-on-through regardless of the cost. At these times you …
We spend huge amounts of energy trying to avoid showing or feeling emotions. In doing this we deprive ourselves of a huge amount of joy in our lives. Emotions are not bad Despite what we have been taught, experiencing an emotion is not a bad thing. Emotions are part of our being. They are there …
When we submit to the seduction of the thing we no are longer acting on our own behalf, instead we become slaves to the thing. What is the thing? The thing can be a political party. It can be big business. Even religion can be the thing. At the point at which we stop remembering …
Everything is an idea. How you feel is an idea, it is not something that can be quantified by anyone else. What your future looks like is an idea. No one else can predict what your future will be. An idea is a thought in its infancy stage. The most powerful tool you have is …
As the social creatures we are, it is important to remember 1) that your are divinely created 2) so is everyone else. Sometimes the very power that comes with being divinely created can be overwhelming, too grand, too much to handle. This is the time to take someone else’s hand. There is something about the …
Much of social media today revolves around our changing times. As a result people are unfriending others, posting vitriolic diatribes and pretty much choosing sides. What a waste! The most powerful potential of social media is the sharing of ideas, and sometimes these ideas make us uncomfortable. If this discomfort results in any type of …
Is it possible that our most common motivation for doing-or not doing- something is our own feeling of self worth? Is it possible that, if this is indeed the case, we now have a new tool to reach our greatest possible potential? Let me make my case. The greatest obstacle to us reaching our full …
Would you like to be able to read another persons mind? You can, in a way, and do so with the tools you already have! All you have to do is determine what that person desires: do they desire flashy cars and homes? Do they desire mega money to feel good? Do they desire …
