If unconditional positive regard is the answer, what’s the question? First, let’s look at “unconditional positive regard.” When someone (say myself) engages in less than socially acceptable behavior (something that might be considered by some to be mean, and I say some, because we human beings have different views on what it is to be… Continue reading A sigh of relief, for any situation you find yourself in.
“Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson I cannot speak highly enough of the wisdom of being quiet, or at the very least, taking a pause. Mind you, I am not talking about the silent treatment, or stuffing your feelings or being complicit through silence. Those… Continue reading Getting Quiet
“[Humanity] has unquestionably one really effective weapon—laughter. Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution—these can lift at a colossal humbug—push it a little—weaken it a little, century by century, but only laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.” — Mark Twain So today, in the… Continue reading Mindfulness and Laughter
Today’s going to be a very good day… Unless I start it by looking at Facebook. When you compare you despair… Oops. To be fair, I didn’t actually start the day with Facebook. I started with meditation and granola. I just logged on to see a message from my uncle. An unexpected person to receive… Continue reading What’s your story?
Last night I boarded a big hunk of metal with wings, flew through the sky, was picked up in a brand-spanking-new luxury car and driven to a place where I was greeted with pure love and delight. The kind of love that only puppies and young children know about. And there were four of… Continue reading Abundance
Today my heart aches. It’s just like that sometimes, life. Here are some words from one of my favorite teachers: “If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s… Continue reading Heartache
Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally…Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves. All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely different world from the one we live in. When we take something personally, we make the assumption that they… Continue reading Take Nothing Personally — Especially, Yourself
Hi. So, things kinda suck right now. Actually, they really really suck. Here’s what some of my conditioning is telling me: You’re doing this to yourself. You’re overreacting. You’re not trusting yourself. You’re full of doubt. Your New Year’s intention this year is about releasing doubt. Man, you really are fucking that one up.… Continue reading Releasing Doubt
I write about process and mindfulness because it helps me to see my own self more clearly. I write because for me, it’s like air. I feel more alive when I’m doing it. It’s bliss. Even when it’s not, it is. I share my writing, not because I know the “right” way to do it… Continue reading The Mentor
“The rain falls equally on all things.” Do you wanna be right or do you wanna be happy? I mean, you just are…right about this. And you’re mad. Furious actually. Cause you’re right and by default then, the other is wrong. And as far as I can tell, you can’t be right(eous) and happy. You… Continue reading Do you wanna be right or happy?
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