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There’s good reason to fear change, at least in the context of biology. Long time ago, doing things differently would most likely get you dead. Taking a different route, hunting a new valley, etc., often meant confronting dangers that could — and would — kill you, eat you, or otherwise make you dead. We are…

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. – John Steinbeck While the expectations, or hopes is better word, we have for others is an important subject, let’s talk about your hopes for you. Or, better put, what are your standards? What do expect of yourself, in…

“People die of fright and live of confidence.” – Thoreau I think Thoreau, among other things, was speaking of courage here. Confidence is what results when courage (being afraid, but taking a reasonable risk anyway) is combined with purpose (the energy that comes from knowing what we want and why we want it). Is courage…

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. – Arthur Christopher Benson Where ever you go, there you are. It is rare that a change of address will solve one’s problems. The great news is that when you get to the core of what’s bothering you it can be…

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. – W. Clement Stone Today is Thanksgiving here in the good ol’ USA and while some will be scrambling for some “Door Buster Sale” item or some other essentially unobtainable bargain, I suggest that we 1) don’t engage in any “shopping-like” activity and 2)…

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…