Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. – Arthur Christopher Benson
Where ever you go, there you are.
It is rare that a change of address will solve one’s problems.
The great news is that when you get to the core of what’s bothering you it can be fixed, by you, where you are.
There’s no need to go anywhere.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own. – Benjamin Disraeli This is why I am a coach. What are your riches? What are your talents, skills and strengths? Look for them and they are there. Find them – use them – and…
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…
We live into the questions we ask ourselves. If we ask crap questions, like “Why does this always happen to me?” or “How come I can never catch a break,?” we’ll get crap “answers.” Similarly, if we ask small, or limiting, questions we will have requisitely small lives. However, if we ask useful, resourceful questions,…
You’ve heard the saying “everything happens for a reason?” Well, nothing happens for a reason as well.* Just as there are no accidents in the Universe, and all effects have their causes, all lack-of-effects have their not-causes. Whatever we do or don’t have in our lives is the result of what we do or don’t…
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. – Buddha The Sun will rise each day The Moon will rise each evening. And the truth will arrive each and every day. What you make of it, and do with it, will determine whether you evolve that truth – or it…