“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 [...]
“The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” —- William James At one time or another, we have all experienced the feeling of being completely unappreciated whether it be on a personal or professional level. The real essence of dealing with the feeling of being unappreciated, is simply our response to [...]
“When you have a choice to make and don’t make it, that in itself is a choice.” — William James Through a very poignant conversation several years ago with a good friend, the phrase conscious choice of will was an integrally interjected point. At the time, I was intrigued with the phrase and later began [...]
“You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.” — Galileo In thinking about the above quote, it may be taken in many ways given the experience, insight and introspection of the individual. Each of us have had at one time or another, a member of our family, perhaps [...]