Listen More Than You Speak

On the heels of yesterday’s post, I thought this would be a good follow-on. * * * Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. – Guillaume Apollinaire Happiness is really just a feeling-state. We have different names for it: peace-of-mind, cheerful, cheery, merry, joyful, jovial, jolly,…

To find yourself, think for yourself. – Socrates Putting aside the powerful notion that one does not find themselves, but rather creates themselves, let’s take what we can from Socrates words. If you keep using and thinking other people’s words, you will be living as a imitator, never really knowing who you are. As July…

As a solid rock cannot be moved by the wind, the wise are not shaken by praise or blame. – Buddha I heard Wayne Dyer say one measure of a healthy Ego is to be independent of the good and bad opinion of others. I have to agree with Wayne and the Buddha. What do…

Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. – Washington Irving I want to take a little bit of a different direction and use this quote to talk about “finding your purpose.” Based on what I’ve read and some pretty deep thinking, I believe “purpose” is misunderstood. It would seem that the popular understanding of purpose…

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. – Confucius People confuse glory, and success, with never failing. Quite the contrary. Success, and glory, consists of getting back up each time you get knocked down. Of learning from non-desired outcomes and beginning again, with wisdom and humility….

[This is a continuation of this post.] (I  apologize, I wanted to make you wait a bit before giving you the “news.”) The good news is that you can manage yourself and your priorities, and more specifically, your energy. This is very good news indeed. In fact, with intention and practice (of rituals) you can…