At what point in the discussion of trusting Life, the Cosmos, the Universe, some Higher Power, Chi (what ever you want to call it) do we say, “That’s a great idea, but…” Is it when the “trust” hits our wallets? Or when the “trust” hits or homes? Or when the “trust” hits our health? Or

This morning, I found this quote by William Graham Sumner — “What we prepare for is what we shall get.”  And it hit me that we are all constantly preparing to face our present and preparing for our futures.  And seldom as we engage in this creative act do we stop and truly examine the

My thought yesterday was that we all are making the journey of life like settlers crossing the nation with a wagon train filled with what we think we need — friends, family, relatives, past, present, future, memories, angers, pains, scars, physical stuff, etc. And at every step of the journey — about every 20 minutes

I know I’ve written about this before, but learning to embrace EVERY aspect of your life and EVERY situation that enters into it is crucial to amalgamating these experiences into yourself in a way that develops your confidence and increases your personal empowerment and understanding of who your own being. Because you can’t possibly fully

The biggest drawback to accomplishing your goals is to discover your default emotional reactions to external stimuli. We all have them and — unfortunately — we usually recognize other people’s before we see our own. We say, “He always becomes angry when that happens, you’d think he would know better by now.” Or, “She did

I was just thinking a few weeks ago that most of us tend to view difficult things in life as “How do I remove this ‘thing’ from my horizon?” Kind of like when we meet someone who for some reason annoys us — we immediately turn off and move into “get away from me” mode.

A great New Year’s read for making and keeping your resolutions…

Are you at a crossroads, needing to make a decision, but not seeming to be able to make the decision? Maybe you’re looking “to be saved” or “to be given an answer”? It doesn’t really work like that. If your goal is to be a more confident, powerful person, then “being saved’ doesn’t really fit

I was taking The Living to 100 Healthspan Calculator the other day and a question on stress had me take a moment and reflect. The question was, “How do you usually cope with your stress?” The selections proceeded, but the answer that had me transfixed was “Very well! It helps me to get motivated.” I