Beliefs and Starting

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” – John F. Kennedy You must be pro-active. Waiting for problems to occur is what many do. The vast majority of difficulties we have are days/weeks/months, or even years, in the making. When something goes wrong, we feel bad because we know, deep-down,…

Not forgiving is sometimes a function of not trusting our ability to be strong and whole in the face of the thing or person we have forgiven. We are glad (eventually) for the realization that someone, or something, has harmed us and we want to be vigilant against future injury, or error. So we remain…

You do. Now, in practice, goal-setting doesn’t work, for most people. Take New Year’s Resolutions, we all know how successful they are . . . . I’m not here to blame or cast aspersions, but to explain why goal-setting doesn’t work, for most people. *  *  * Okay, so the fundamental truth is: goals(etting) don’t…

I found this in my “share-with-others” pile and am pleased to offer it now; it was an e-mail from a mentor, Steve Chandler: Get out of the future, stay in the now. You want to glance into the future when you make your goals, your objectives, your master plan, but then set that aside and…

Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. – Nancy Astor We begin life as babies with no sense of separation, later we learn that there’s “me” and everyone else. If we’re lucky we feel connected to everyone else, but so often…

You don’t get by what you do, you receive because of who you are. So many people operate from the first part of the above. They think that if they do the right things they will get what they want. And it’s true that you can do certain things and you will tend to “get”…