Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller
It all depends on where you look, and what you’re focused on.
Look for the bad and you’ll no doubt find it. (and feel accordingly.)
Look for the good and you’ll find that as well (and feel much better . . . ).
Less than three minutes in to the latest episode of the Good Life Project I heard something that I had to write about. In introducing how he went from soccer-playing college freshman from the ‘burbs to immersed in indigenous Amazonian culture, Tyler Gage talks about how stewardship was part of the language of an indigenous tribe he was “with.” It…
Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end. – Marcelene Cox This quote came across my Facebook page and I had to share. Some people confuse the idea of being aware of one’s mortality with “focusing-on-the-negative” or “worrying about things you can’t control.” It’s neither, if done properly. Life is a…
Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become. – Jim Rohn Trying to be “successful” is like trying be at your destination while on the journey. You can’t be anywhere other than where you are. You don’t get to successful, you do the things that create success. And…
Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. – Goethe If you want to earn the trust and respect of those around you, be careful what you say about those who are absent. When you find ways to (truthfully and accurately) praise those who are not there, you build trust and gain…
There’s a place between not taking consistent action on a goal and being unable or unwilling to release said goal. I call this place the Nasty Middle. If I can get real with you for a minute I find myself in the “nasty middle” on something. My weight. I say I want to weigh less… that…
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….