“We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end to them.” – Seneca
I know that the title of this post is, at best, tortured language.
I wanted to get your attention and draw your attention to the Truth that we all will die.
Let me repeat that: we all will die.
So let’s live now, while we’re alive.
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…
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…
Default. Habitual. Less-than-fully-Conscious. Routine. Comfortable. The Usual. So much of what we do is out of habit. It’s routine. It’s just the way we do it. There’s good reason for how this happens and why. We’re built to create and use routines and habits. It’s efficient. It leaves room to focus on threats and survival. It’s primitive….
Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got. – Jim Rohn If you keep being who you are, you will keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll keep creating what you have. Change – real change – comes from changing your being. How do you do that? One key is looking…
We say we want things, but there’s a way to determine what we really want. Look at what we have. Whatever it is we are creating in our lives is what we want. * * * That said, in the absence of clear and authentic desires and goals, we have a default want. One that…
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people. – Earl Nightingale We often get confused about things “work.” So often we think we have to have all the answers and all the know-how and all the resources (often before we even start . . ….