In this post I’m personally talking about communication in a relationship, but we all know that these simple truths pertain to all avenues of life. You won’t like what I’m about to say, and you may not pay attention to it at this moment, but if you want to live a weightless life without constant [...]
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” -Helen Keller If you don’t know much about Helen Keller, do a quick Wikipedia search on her and read up, she’s truly an inspiration. For someone like her to grab onto life and refuse to allow her circumstances to dictate how [...]
“Be self-reliant and your success is assured.” -Author Unknown New Year, New Lies. No, I’m not pessimistic, nor realistic, just throwing something out there. We like to make New Year Resolutions every year so that we can try to make this year better than the last. We know that it only lasts a few weeks [...]
“Choice, not circumstances, determines your success.” -Author Unknown Consider there are multiple realities, alternate universes if you will. In addition to that, consider that we can drift in and out of each one from moment to moment depending on the choices that we make. We may stay [...]
“A great man is always willing to be little.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Consider these notions: Those who are great want to be amongst the people, those who are not want to be above them. Those who are great understand that no matter how much knowledge they have accumulated, there’s an infinite amount still to learn. [...]
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” -T.S. Eliot Are you the risk-averse or the risk-inviting type? Neither is good or bad, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Each carries its own pitfalls and opportunities, and each can move you forward in life. [...]
So I’m about to embark on the longest journey of my lifetime…and I’m not freaking out. Quite frankly, the fact that I’m not freaking out is kind of freaking me out a little! Well not really, but I think it’s a bit strange. Mostly because everyone around keeps asking me if I’m excited, nervous, anxious, [...]
“Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.” –Theodore N. Vail I’m going to be bold enough to state that in any given person’s lifetime, (s)he will have 100 times more imaginary difficulties than real ones. What do you think? If we go through a typical week and imagine [...]
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” – Dalai Lama Dictionary.com’s definition of Religion: Re-li-gion (noun) A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a super human agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral [...]
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” -James Thurber This is the essence of living in the present moment. The past has gone, the future has not yet arrived, but the present will always be here. You can create something out of nothing when you “look around [...]