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Find life experiences and swallow them whole. Travel. Meet many people. Go down some dead ends and explore dark alleys. Try everything. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life. – Lawrence K. Fish Live while you’re alive. When you’re dead it’ll be too late.

One of the hardest things we could ever do is meet the expectation we hold of others, ourselves. That thought occurred to me this morning as I was driving to Starbucks for my morning coffee today. I was noticing that I was (allowing myself to) get annoyed with the driver in front of me. I…

Please take five minutes, watch this video and join me on the page below after. A very powerful video huh? Well, maybe. It’s only powerful if it changes something. *** Ric talks about three things he learned about himself that day: 1) it all can all change in an instant; 2) he wasted time on…

If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness. – Lao Tzu I’ve heard that hurt people hurt people. While it’s not anyone’s responsibility to help everyone, we all have…

Our lives are not neutral, they are for something. Even if that something isn’t all that much. Accordingly, carefully and consciously choosing what we want our lives to be about is a gift (potentially) to the World and all those we encounter. (What do you want to give . . . ?) Not choosing has…

If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping – Carl Jung So often we don’t take risks because we’re afraid things won’t work out. We may not have that conscious thought, but the truth of not taking action or a risk that fear keeps us stuck. There’s a very…