In our childhood we had many sayings to help us cope with bullies. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” “I know you are, but what am I?” “I’m rubber, you’re glue, what bounces off me sticks to you.” Perhaps you had other favorites, these are just three that […]
Titles are what we are given to get other people to respond to us in a certain way. The grander the title, the more exalted we ought to be viewed, don’t you think? The lie of the title On the surface having the title CEO, or CFO makes us more important than having the
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In wanting to support our loved ones we often offer “helpful advice.” “You should try this.” “Do it this way.” We mean well, we really do want to help, but often our “helpful advice” and our good intentions simply piss-off the other person. Bear and Butterfly In my book, Bear and Butterfly I examine
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
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Do a thousand wonderful deeds plus one not so wonderful deed and what will you remember? The one deed that did not live up to your own standards. The monkey mind We humans are so wonderful. We do good things all the time, as we should. We help others, we give to charity, we raise children
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On your spiritual journey, sometimes the most important thing you can do is to keep on pouring. Let me explain. You reach the point in your spiritual evolution where what you are doing does not seem to be producing results; you are no happier now than when you started. This is not time to give
Have you run a system scan on your thinking looking for software of doubt? For most of us it is there, just like a brain virus. Brain virus does not have to mean something like meningitis. Brain virus can also mean catching the disease of “I can’t.” Just like your computer Just as your computer
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Our minds can only take us so far in this journey we have embarked upon, the rest takes the heart. Our mind will help us resolve simple questions. It will help us balance our checkbooks, but it will not resolve the most pressing issues of our lives. That takes the heart. While so many things
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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
Simply put; magical thinking is believing that if I behave in alignment someone else’s idea of how I should behave my life will be wonderful. All too often we fall into this trap, heavens knows I have done so many times. The problem is magical thinking rarely produces anything other than resentment. The other side
