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Are intentions important? Absolutely. Is there something more important though? Something that will thwart your intention? Uh-huh. It’s how you feel. You can intend all you want, but if you don’t feel like doing something it won’t happen. Without the emotional energy, in the moment, intentions are useless, worthless. Like a fire place with no wood….

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson Results are important, no doubt. But the measure of our lives, and their direction can’t always be discerned at the end of each day, or week, or month. I want you to be careful with my…

As we learn in the Zen philosophy, when you learn to “let go” of problems instead of resisting with all your might, your life will begin to flow. – Richard Carlson Does a drop of water struggle to get to the ocean, or stay in a particular spot in a stream? Of course not. Water goes…

If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you. – Steve Jobs How much are you resisting what you do? How many “have-tos” do you have in your life? Ideally, life is a collection, and series of, “get-tos.” What do you get…

My well-being is independent of my bank account balance. My sense of what is possible for me is independent of my bank account balance. My willingness to do new things and learn is independent of my bank account balance.   I was inspired to write the above while reading a book written by one of…

Are you making a “living” with some life thrown in here-and-there, when possible? Or, are you making a “life,” with some work thrown in? *  *  * I understand that I might be mis-stating the proportions a bit, but the point is worth considering. *  *  * When we “make a living,” at least in…