I’ll give you the bad news first, so you can get the good news last.
The bad news is that you cannot manage time. To the extent that time is even real (it’s a construction of humans . . . ), it is immutable. Your perception of time can change, but you can’t control it, or even manage it.
“If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.” – William James Another way of putting it is: worry is a prayer for what you don’t want. To be sure, feelings of grief, loss and…
The fool wonders, the wise man asks. – Benjamin Disraeli People say there are no dumb questions. It’s mostly true . . . . (There are questions that intelligently created and artfully asked, those are really not dumb questions). There’s no better way to keep yourself small and weak than to not ask questions. Ask questions:…
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…
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. – Thomas Jefferson I’ve blogged on this one before, but it bears repeating. To achieve a good attitude is necessary, but not sufficient. The wrong attitude however, will negate everything…
Trust is not static. It’s either growing or dying. It’s true for our relationship with our Self or others. I had a realization (it’s what prompted this post… ) that it’s not enough to be kind to those we know and “neutral” to others. Because rationing our kindness – even if its not conscious – creates doubt…