The Width and Depth of Your Life

The lessons we need to learn, the lessons we must learn, will – invariably – keep showing up until we learn them. Case-in-point: my current desire to shed weight, become lighter and live my Ideal Weight. I am happy to say that I am making progress. I am shedding weight because my behavior has changed. My behavior has…

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I…

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. – James Allen We are so often kept small by the thing that must remain the same. Or the thing we must control. (Some form of) Fear is what keeps us clinging to this “thing.” We think that if we…

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him. – John Steinbeck While the expectations, or hopes is better word, we have for others is an important subject, let’s talk about your hopes for you. Or, better put, what are your standards? What do expect of yourself, in…

I’ve been doing some thinking about the fundamentals of achievement, success and living well. I’ve come up with three basics. I’m interested in what you think. Of course, there are many other aspects to success and living well, but I believe these sum up the foundation. (The first stands alone and the second are on…

One theory says that if you treat people well, you’re more likely to encourage them to do what you want, making all the effort pay off. Do this, get that. Another one, which I prefer, is that you might consider treating people with kindness merely because you can. Regardless of what they choose to do…