One of the most difficult things we have to do, especially as parents, is watch someone we love learn a lesson. We want those we love to have only positive experiences as they go through life, so we want to meddle. We want to ease their way, but sometimes the best thing we can do …
Let’s face it, once in a while we all lose control of our emotions. We all lose control of that wonderfully evolved person we have become. It doesn’t matter how much work we have done to love everyone (from near, or perhaps far) the stuff of life sometimes just creeps up on us. But there …
Those conversations in our heads; you know how they go. You get so angry at another person and you want to tell them off. You want to show them how wrong they are. Around and around the conversation goes in your mind. They say this, you respond with a withering reply that is insightful and …
Yep, humans are creatures of habit. Why? According to a book I am reading it is because thinking makes our brains use calories, and our self-protection mechanisms are built to conserve calories. I guess that is why it is so hard to lose that stubborn fat around our middle section! The book I am reading …
What is compassion? How do we effectively live in compassion? As defined in Websters Dictionary, compassion is sympathetic, consciousness of others distress. Websters goes on to clarify that this consciousness is coupled with a desire to alleviate it. To be sympathetic and conscious of another person’s distress is a wonderful thing. Wanting to help alleviate …
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 …
“Houston, we have a problem.” A famous line from the movie Apollo 13 but also a very familiar thought going through our minds. The real problem is we do not step back and ask ourselves what the problem really is! Is the problem life threatening? If so, take immediate action, if not, take yourself off …
“When it comes to theory, I’m mostly leary, it is what I feel that is mostly real.” These words were spoken to me today on the island of Molokai by a tour guide named Keihi. I give full credit to him, but I think its worth thinking about. No matter what is going on in …
“If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.” How many times have you heard this sage advice during your lifetime? There have been times when someone has said this to me and I have gotten sooooo frustrated. “I have tried, and tried, and tried again and still its not working! Though my own …
Information comes at us at such an amazing pace these days; internet, television, radio, billboards, heck, even our phones are pumping information at us constantly. Keeping in touch with the world is not an issue anymore; keeping in touch with ourselves has become our most pressing challenge. We can loose ourselves in the sheer volume …
