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.
Are you doing what really matters? And that really matters to you? If not, you must do two things: 1) do the job right in front of you the absolute best you can; and 2) create and work a plan to get you the work you want. I know what you’re saying: “I can’t do…
Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it! – Ram Dass We can learn from everything in our lives. If we choose to. Or we can continue to live small lives, with recurring issues. Which would you rather have?
The path to a better life is more of a mining operation than a manufacturing one. – George Pransky What I think Pransky is saying here is that having a better life (which comes from being (behaving as) a better person) comes not from getting something from outside yourself or making yourself into something else,…
“If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.” – Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama) I…
If you want to be miserable, get yourself a future. – Byron Katie There’s a difference between dreaming, goal-setting and planning for the future and being stuck there.* Which are you doing? How’s it going? ***** * Nothing happens in the future, only in the Now.
I just read an article about how a woman (after her children were grown) was questioning her choice to leave full-time work and be a Stay-at-Home-Mom. What I found interesting, was, not the social and cultural questions surrounding the topic specifically, but how it starkly illustrated something that shows up in many ways. Part of…