You. Must. Start.

Aren’t desires bad? Don’t desires lead to suffering? Isn’t that what Buddha would say? If I recall, Buddha would say that cravings and attachments lead to suffering. Desires are a natural part of life. Properly understood* desires are healthy. Authentic** desires are healthy. *  *  * * To properly understand your desires you must know yourself,…

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain. – Maya Angelou Complaining is a prayer for what you don’t want. Whatever we focus on expands; so if you’re complaining, you’re expanding what you don’t want (or what you say you don’t want . . . ). So,…

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. – Les Brown  The key is to understand that there’s a huge difference between responsibility and blame. When you accept responsibility for your life you acknowledge your role (whatever it was) in creating…

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. – Epicurus I would tweak the above and say: instead of craving what you don’t have, set goals based on your best guess of what else you might want…

I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the next one…

A spoon cannot taste of the food it carries. Likewise, a foolish man cannot understand the wise man’s wisdom even if he associates with a sage. – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) I don’t want to comment too much on this one, other than to say you must be open to learning…