Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust
Who reminds you of your the happiness within you?
Notice I took slight issue with Proust’s words and didn’t say “makes us happy?”
To really believe that is to give away your power.
The only person with the power to make you happy or sad is you.
Know that truth and let your Soul blossom.
Every calamity is a spur and a valuable hint. – Emerson Yes, I am riffing off the recent political meme in the post title. (“Never let a crisis go to waste.” (Attributed, I believe, to Rahm Emanuel).) That aside, Emerson’s words are an extremely valuable reminder. We ignore “failures” and “calamities” at our peril. Every…
Default. Habitual. Less-than-fully-Conscious. Routine. Comfortable. The Usual. So much of what we do is out of habit. It’s routine. It’s just the way we do it. There’s good reason for how this happens and why. We’re built to create and use routines and habits. It’s efficient. It leaves room to focus on threats and survival. It’s primitive….
A man who wants to do something will find a way; A man who doesn’t will find an excuse. – Stephen Dolley, Jr. It matters less what the ultimate result is; only that one has started, and worked, and learned, and adapted, and finished “something.” Or we can make up a story about why we can’t…
Success is a skill. It’s not something we arrive at, or get, or have bestowed upon us or finally possess. It’s something that must be developed, over time, and continually re-made and renewed. It’s what we choose to think. It’s how we choose to think. Are we choosing useful and constructive thoughts? Are we meditating and…
You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn’t correct. We all start with all there is, it’s how we use it that makes things possible. – Henry Ford I love the reminder this quote offers. In considering this idea, remember that energy – which is what everything is – cannot be created or destroyed,…
I was just watching a class promo video by Brian Johnson and needed to quickly share a point he made about one way we develop greater trust/confidence in ourselves. He talked about how the Identity > Action > Feelings (IAF) progression works in helping us to develop high levels of confidence (and skills, etc.). When…