If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your own path – Buddhist saying That’s the great thing about light, it shines on all around.
We are not in a position in which we have nothing to work with. We already have capacities, talents, direction, missions, callings. – Abraham Maslow What if everything that has happened to you, around you, for you, against you, was something you could use? (It is.) What if you grow find a way to grow from…
“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein The idea that our language creates our world (each of our worlds… ) is very compelling for me. I have long said that humans are meaning-seeking and meaning-creating creatures. We must not only understand our world, but make sense of it,…
“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” – Earl Nightingale Earl Nightingale is one the greats in personal development; if you haven’t listened to one of his audio programs, do so.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot What we can do and what we think we can do are so often far apart. The problem is 1) we are (generally/overwhelmingly) so wrong about what we’re truly capable of and 2) we take our…
I recently read a post on Johnny B. Truant’s blog that really hit home. So much so that I wanted to do two things: share it with my readers and 2) think on and write about each piece of his post. The post is “20 Truths About Life No One Wants To Believe” and the next one…