Have you ever talked yourself out of having an experience that you were initially enthusiastic about and later on wished you hadn’t? Doubt can become a habit that can interfere with the natural progression of our involvement in life. How can we strengthen our...
The textbook definition ‘integrity’ is the quality of being ‘honest, sincere and having strong moral principles’. But what does this mean? Where does integrity come from and how do you know if you have it? Simple, you know by how you feel...
Is how we endure life how we perceive life? Challenges are inevitable, but how we learn to handle and endure what comes our way is what seems to evolve. When problems arise, our instinct may be to eliminate them quickly, like swatting away a bothersome fly. We engage...
What would happen if our first response to any situation were LOVE? Often, the pressures and demands of our jobs, family life, and social obligations cause us to react impulsively rather than to reflect thoughtfully before responding. But consider how choosing love as...
Ignorance is simply a lack of knowledge, understanding, awareness, or information. Have you heard the saying “Life is not a spectator sport”? To truly experience it, we need to take an active role. When we engage and explore with curiosity, life’s mysteries unfold and...
It has been said: wherever you go, there you are. In other words: you are here. Always. Is it so hard to accept that?- Eckhart Tolle, “Stillness Speaks.” How many times do we feel the need to assimilate the atmosphere of our surroundings and blend in to be...
An architect is a builder of dreams. Working with a balance of creativity and practicality an architect builds using a plan that includes a step-by-step approach with details of how to make what is desired into a reality. There is an architect in every one of us!...
To be conscious is to be aware of or to respond to one’s surroundings. Even an amoeba, which is a unicellular organism that can be seen only under a microscope, is very conscious for it will move away from harmful substances and has the ability to change its...
Just because you have always done something a certain way, doesn’t mean you always have to do it that same way. Our intellect can have fixed ideas about how things “should” be. Those are just concepts, someone else’s idea of how things should...
In a vehicle, the engine or battery generates the power and the steering wheel directs where the vehicle goes. This is how our feelings and thoughts work together. Our feelings are like the power in the car. This is our creative part, where our inspirations and true...
