What You Become
On this solemn day, a reminder of the most fundamental of truths:
The mind is everything. What you think you become. – Siddharta (aka Buddha)
That is all.
Recently, on my Facebook Page I posted a quote from Steve Young (former professional (American) football player) that reminded us to compete against ourselves, to be better that we were before. I was reminded of that idea (and it’s great advice . . . ) when I read Seth Godin’s most recent blog post; here…
I was reading a blog post from Seth Godin and about 2/3rds of the way through, he said the following: Stop engaging with the false theory that the best way to stop feeling like a failure is to succeed. – Seth Godin It hit me like a ton of bricks. Sometimes you have to identify…
“We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.” – Earl Nightingale No one is coming. No one is coming to rescue you, or make you do the work, or take the next step with your dream. No one can give you permission to…
How our environment shapes us is something I have often thought about. What we surround ourselves with can either build us up, or not. Our physical environment, who we associate with, the books, music and ideas we pay attention to and the thoughts we entertain and repeat all matter in terms of our development, or…
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. – Emily Dickinson Is your soul open? Are you ready for miracles in your life? In a way, our lives themselves are miracles. The human body functioning, minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day is a miracle. So much has to…
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,…