You were born into world as a blank canvas. I have done my best in…
Tag: Relationships
When I was a kid, I always identified with the hero in movies. Nothing could…
Opinions are a dime a dozen, and they change at the drop of a hat.…
Have you ever chased after something that didn’t satisfy you? We’ve all been there before.…
On July 4, 1776, representatives from the 13 American colonies declared their independence from the…
Have you noticed that people tend to pay more attention to those in a relationship?…
I see at least two ways of interpreting this statue: one, the sacrifice parents make…
Today I want to share an article I wrote for another blog a few weeks…
Conflict is an inevitable fact of human affairs. A life without interpersonal conflict is no…
The sequence in the title comes from a famous Bedouin proverb. The Bedouin were militarized…
The world is more connected now than ever before. Within seconds we can get in…
Most of us have a desire to influence others on some level. Maybe we feel…
Every morning I wake up to the sound of a parakeet serenading the world from…
Everybody wants to be a warrior. But nobody really knows what that means. Toughness, as…
Growing up in a single-parent home has affected my life in extraordinary ways. I am…
You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness.
If you’re not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I’m not interested in your feedback.
Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.
Today’s post is a contribution from my friend Souad Tello, who is a Syrian refugee…
If you give a person too much too soon, they’ll fall in love with your hand, and not your heart.
Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog’s aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain. Rjis applies to all of us. When we behave in hurtful ways, it is because we are caught in some kind of trap. The more we look through the eyes of wisdom at ourselves and one another, the more we cultivate a compassionate heart.
A person who feels appreciated, will always do more than is expected.
Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck. Dalai…
Ask 100 people on the street what separates a man from a boy and you…
Most of us don’t think twice about the position we assume before falling asleep. And…
Few things can create instant happiness and serve as a constant token of gratitude better…
How many times have we reacted in the heat of the moment and lived to…
Happiness is a common theme of this blog, because at the end of the day…
Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.
You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.
Most people see helping others as a necessary but undesirable fact of community life. We…
Sometimes we need help from others. And sometimes others need help from us. Whether it’s…
Connection is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. It is the lifeblood…
When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm.
We quickly get offended when people criticize us or gossip about us behind our backs, and understandably so. But what if we took a moment to remember all the wrong things we’ve said and done in our lives (or thought) that nobody knows about. The truth is we are a lot worse than people think. Remember this when you feel tempted to get offended, even if people are not being truthful or giving you a fair shake. What should offend us is the garbage we allow our minds to be polluted with—the same bad energy we recycle back into the world. It’s more important to have a pure heart than a pure reputation. And, at the end of the day, it’s the only thing we have control over.
Imagine you have $86,400 in your account and someone steals $10 from you. Will you be upset and throw all of the $86,390 away in hopes of getting back at the person that took your $10? Or move on and live? Move on and live, right. See, we all have 86,400 seconds every day, so don’t let someone’s negative 10 seconds ruin the rest of the 86,390. Don’t sweat the small stuff, life is bigger than that.
Benjamin Franklin famously quipped, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except…
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
People traveling to the United States for the first time often don’t know what to…
What is it about me that others would change if they could?
The average person speaks around 15-25,000 words in a day. Going a day without conversation…
Love is vital to the survival and thriving of the human species. Without love, babies…
All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.
Our culture is littered with misconceptions about sleep. I often hear things like “If you…
If we can model the ability to embody nonfear and nonattachment, it is more precious than any money or material wealth. Fear spoils our lives and makes us miserable. We cling to objects and people, like a drowning person clings to any object that floats by. By practicing nonattachment and sharing this wisdom with others, we give the gift of nonfear. Everything is impermanent. This moment passes. The object of our craving walks away, but we can know happiness is always possible.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Your children are not your children.⠀ They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener.
Just as a treasure exposed is quickly spent, so also any virtue that becomes famous or well publicized vanishes. Just as wax is quickly melted by fire, so the soul is emptied by praise, and loses firmness of virtue.
The Gifts of Imperfection is one of my all-time favorite books. And I know I’m…
Imagine a 30-year old man in the US making $13 an hour working a blue…
When I first got a copy of Mark Manson’s bestseller, I was a little put…
