Empowering people to reach their full potential
Why in the world does something so small have such a large impact on us? Wondering where I’m going with this? Well, allow me to fill in the details. Lately I’ve found myself becoming increasingly annoyed by traffic issues. I’ll give you a few examples. There’s the time I’m turning onto a road, in a …
When someone with an itchy skin condition scratches it, he feels some temporary relief and thinks his scratching has made it better. In fact, his scratching has made it worse.
OK, so maybe road rage is a bit of a stretch. Or harsh. So I’m getting off the interstate. There are two exit lanes, I’m in the left of the two lanes. Someone in the right lane blows past me, only to get in front of me quickly because they wanted to turn left, and …
All of us are apprenticed to the same teacher that the religious institutions originally worked with: reality. Reality-insight says . . . master the twenty-four hours. Do it well, without self-pity. It is as hard to get the children herded into the car pool and down the road to the bus as it is to …
Whatever it is you’re doing right now, I want you to stop. Just for a second. Close your eyes, take in a deep breath, and say to yourself “This is it.” Yes, that’s right. This is it. Whatever is happening to you right now. Whatever chaos is going on around you. That’s it. Now open …
Imagine this for a second… Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules… The rules are: Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you. You may not …
Bruce Lee said he would rather fight a man who practiced 10,000 kicks one time each than a man who practiced one kick 10,000 times. Since I’m preparing a course on meditation, this is most relevant. Many people when trying something new, such as meditation, will lose interest rather quickly when they don’t feel any …
When you’re lost in the Wild, and you’re scared as a child, And Death looks you bang in the eye, And you’re sore as a boil, it’s according to Hoyle To cock your revolver and . . . die. But the Code of a Man says: “Fight all you can,” And self-dissolution is barred. In …
YOU CAN’T CONTROL OTHERS’ ACTS, BUT YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR REACTION TO THEIR ACTS, AND THAT IS WHAT COUNTS MOST TO YOU. No one can make you feel any negative emotion — fear, anger, or inferiority — without your express permission. There will always be people who find perverse enjoyment in upsetting others, or who …
