A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. Continue reading
Personal Development
David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé … or your eulogy?
now that you are free, don’t become their prisoner…
The day that Mandela was released from prison on Robben Island, Bill Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, was watching the news. He quickly called his wife and daughter and said, “You must see this, it is historic.” As Mandela stepped out, Clinton saw a flush of anger on his face as he looked at the people watching; then it disappeared. Continue reading
at some point, the flowers cannot resist, they just have to open up….
In order to have real transformation, we have to deal with the roots of our anger—looking deeply into its cause. Continue reading
Take no thought for the morrow…
“Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Continue reading
The power to choose, to respond, to change
“Everything you have in life can be taken from you except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. This is what determines the quality of the life we’ve lived — not whether we’ve been rich or poor, famous or unknown, healthy or suffering. What determines our quality of life is how we relate to these realities,what kind of meaning we assign them, what kind of attitude we cling to about them, what state of mind we allow them to trigger.”
– Viktor Frankl Continue reading
Life’s third act
Everything we want is right here in the present moment
Western civilization places so much emphasis on the idea of hope that we sacrifice the present moment. Hope is for the future. It cannot help us discover joy, peace, or enlightenment in the present moment. Continue reading
Don’t just do something, sit there!
Often we tell ourselves, “Don’t just sit there, do something!” But when we practice awareness, we discover something unusual. Continue reading
Change takes place, but not according to plan or as the result of intentional intervention
Problems and obstacles offer a chance for reflection that otherwise would be precluded by the swift routine of life. Continue reading
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