“Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.” - Albert Camus During the continuing convoluted upheaval of what we discerning call our life, we find ourselves in a very perculiar place. For some of us, this seems to repeat itself with accented regularity, and touches every aspect of our existence. Are [...]
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. - Albert Einstein Right now in this very moment, are you able to stop and take a good, long look at where you are in your life? Are you unequivocally pleased with what you intrinsically see, or are you ready [...]
“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.” - Albert Einstein As you continue with the moment to moment elements of your life, what gives you focus? Has the exterior existence of being, interrupted a greater calling that you have yet to discover? There is no correct or appropriate [...]
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” - Buddha We often take ourselves so seriously, that being in control of our day to day lives is tantamount to our existence. With time, experience, understanding and wisdom we very soon learn . . . we have control of very little. [...]
When looking at our lives either in the present moment or retrospectively, what specifically jumps out as extraordinary or phenomenal? With cogent personal experience, it becomes crystal clear over time that it is the magic of ordinary days that illuminates the landscape of our lives. Whatever our direction, occupation, involvement or focus our response to [...]
“To be everywhere is to be nowhere.” - Seneca There was a point in my life, where handling a myriad of tasks at any given time I believed to be admirable. With experience, understanding and foresight it has become woefully obvious as stated by Nicholas Carr in a recent Wall Street Journal article. . . [...]
“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force . . . When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.” - Karl Menninger How do you believe you listen to another person? I chose the word listen, instead of the word “hear,” for a specific purpose. In the physical [...]
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” - Benjamin Franklin As you read these words so succinctly stated by Benjamin Franklin, what stirs in your reflective thinking? What individuals were pivotal in changing your life, your choices or your journey? At this point, has there existed those [...]
“Never allow someone to be your priority, while allowing yourself to be their option.” - Lewis Carroll There are many times in this journey . . . unique for all of us . . . in which we experience it appears, extremes in how our attention is focused. The question then becomes how best to [...]
“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.” - Thomas Jefferson In recent days, it has become woefully obvious that without our values, principles, dignity, integrity and honesty we become what is loosely interpreted as a “viable commodity.” To fein obsolescence that this experience is a figment of our imaginations . . . [...]