Do we need to change the world or accept it as it is? Years ago I asked this question to the monk... I was about 23 years old, and his response stayed with me. He said there were two voices we need to balance. One: when we think it is up to us to chan
I have always been good at hiding. When I was a kid, I never learned to ride a bike. There were bikes around, but somehow I just never learned. When I got past that age that most kids learn, about 12 or 13, I felt enormous shame that I could not ride a
A friend of mine, Michelle Hardwick - a sport psychologist who helps some of the world's top athletes mentaly prepare for their sport. I asked her once, What do you tell a player right before he or she heads out to the field or court?
There is a problem with the future. The main problem is that the future is not here. In fact, it never actually arrives,where does it goes? It becomes the present. When we were young, the future tends to be our focus: "I may be much now, but once I
How do we posture? By posturing, I do not mean posing for a picture; I am speaking more about posing for our life! How do we try to get other people to view us? This is often noticed when we meet someone new and there is an assessment — who is smarter,
I have never met someone who said: “My day would have been so much better if only I had looked at my phone more!” It's never happened. Usually, it is just the opposite. Our phones, in some ways, rule our lives and attention. Today the average people may
There is a teaching story I heard about a man that was quite despondent. He had lost his home and only had what he could carry, including a backpack with some money, special items, and clothes. One day he takes a nap in a park and wakes up to see his back
There are different ways of giving …
I have never been a big fan of the notion of "manifestation."
I remember the day quite clearly. My sister and I were playing in the front lawn as we often did after school. My father came home and said, “I have some good news girls, I have decided to order cable TV.”
If we pay attention, it is amazing how much our thoughts impact our experience. We could have everything we ever wanted, then all of a sudden find a scratch on our car, and quickly have the thought, “Some jerk screwed up my car!”
It is amazing how much technology seems to be impacting the pace of our lives. Increasing studies reveal that all our “time-saving” devices are not helping us save more time. Now that we have email and cell phones and many of us can work from almost any
