“Courage is the mastery of fear, not the absence of fear.” —Mark Twain Who would you be if you stepped out of the crowd? Would your differences illuminate the fabric of life? Would your special scent sprinkle its fragrance among creation? Often, early training can diminish the delicious spark of your elusive essence. However, it ...…
“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.” William Faulkner It’s Thanksgiving Day in the US today and though it’s a time when most folks gather to celebrate with food and family it’s also a time to reflect on the abundance ...…
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” R. Buckminster Fuller This reminds me of the war protests of the 60′s. They didn’t really bring peace about, did they? It’s the same with whatever is calling for shifting in your world. ...…
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” George Bernard Shaw What’s YOUR life worth to you? When it’s all said and done, whether you rise to your uniqueness or not, the sands of time are still doing their tick, tock. Your time here ...…
“Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” Mark Twain Are you traipsing in the well worn grooves of the masses? Or are you exploring your own ‘off the beaten path?’ Imagine if the only options you had were chocolate or vanilla ice cream. What ...…
If knowing the truth is sufficient for you, then practice the art of philosophy. If only living the truth will suffice, then practice the art of love through your mind, your emotions, and your body. David Deida The only way to make it real right now is to be fully open to what is. That ...…
What we feel from most physical beings who are using the word ‘want’ is a yearning, a desire that is currently unfulfilled. When we use the word ‘want’ we mean it as an object of attention to which I want to focus, a desire that I give my undivided, undiluted, not- contradicted attention to, so ...…
Transcendence of the world is to act and to interact without any self-seeking. When that seeking isn’t there anymore, then you can be in the world but not be of the world. You are no longer seeking for anything to identify with out there. Eckhart Tolle When you want something from someone or something to ...…
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Socrates Ever felt like a ‘know it all’ only to be humbled by the realization that you really ‘didn’t know’ as much as you thought? Well . . . it happens all the time. Much of what passes for living is your collection of canned ...…
Think about yourself on the dance floor. One leads and the other follows and it makes for a very beautiful effort. But if you were both trying to lead, can you imagine the mess that you would have? In every experience, as you are creating your own experience, you are always a co-creator. In some situations ...…