“On matters of style, swim with the current; on matters of principle, stand like a rock.” —- Thomas Jefferson Upon reading the above quote, have you consciously apprised during the course of your life if you have continued to go along to get along, or have you stood on the principle of who you are? [...]
“We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” —- T.S. Eliot There is no limit to one’s perspective or perception involving the above quote. All of us have experienced life’s journey to such a degree [...]
“Heroes take journeys, confront dragons and discover the treasure of their true selves.” — Carol Pearson Recently, I listened to a conversation that introduced the idea of how all of us are ultimately, biodegradable. That’s right, those grains of sand in the hourglass are slipping by for each of us . . . slowly at [...]
“Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn’t need to happen.” —- Byron Katie For us to wrap our minds around this quote can become quite challenging. We become disillusioned with the constant barrage of what our lives dictate. When we are presented with difficult situations, people, opinions, circumstances, and confounding [...]
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only life can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” —- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Words can be powerful instruments of change. However, the confusion takes place when our actions completely contradict our spoken words. We have all experienced this in one way or [...]
“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.” — Galileo Have you noticed that the harder you try with some individuals, by imparting suggestions, guidance, opinion or directives . . . even if they asked for it, they look at you as if you had three heads or [...]
“You must begin by assuming responsibility. And you alone are responsible for every moment of your life, for everyone of your acts.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Without taking responsibility for your life, the rest is less than a dress rehearsal. Once awake to taking active responsibility for every moment of your life which encompasses conduct, [...]
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.” —- Pema Chodron Perhaps you’ve experienced this consciously, or repeatedly feel annoyed, embarrassed or hurt when someone or some set of circumstances reminds, refreshes or opens old wounds you thought were healed long ago. Evidently, at some level we pushed that [...]
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” —- Thomas Merton The above quote may be more easily said than done, due to our pervasive ego, conscious choice of [...]
“The dysfunction of the human mind and its condition is becoming more and more intolerable to the planet and to humanity. People can’t live with themselves much longer.” — Eckhart Tolle Recently, I had the opportunity to be in the presence of very dear friends who have traveled extensively, visited many countries and experienced many [...]