Getting to the heart of who we really are is like scraping barnacles off a boat. Barnacles are marine crustaceans that adhere themselves to hard surfaces like the hull of a boat. Barnacles are also those false notions about us that influence how we see the world and respond to life. Of all the creatures…
Like it or not, karma’s a thing. Karma simply translates as “action” but it also implies “reaction.” Newton’s Third Law of Motion says that for every action, there’s an equal but opposite reaction. Paul’s letter to the Galatians says that as you sow, so shall you reap. What goes around comes around. Boomerang. Echo. Ripples….
Why did I do that? Because I didn’t know better. What could I have done differently? Nothing. I could have done nothing differently. Because despite better options, I didn’t choose any of them. Why didn’t I know better? Because my ego told me what I really wanted to hear, overriding better. Is there any hope…
It’s the perfect contradiction between the way things are and the way I want them to be. Take any generally accepted truth. True in every sense of the word. Then apply my personal situation to it and carve out an exception. I know. But in this case, because it’s different and I’m special and I…
You’ve been whining for weeks about those time suckers. Distractions and disruptions have been plaguing you. As soon as you get on a roll someone or something crops up to stop you in your tracks. A minute here. An hour there. Days go by. You know exactly what you want to accomplish, but one by…
Notice how our bodies tense up and our minds shut down at the first signs of resistance? Something happens that rubs us the wrong way and all bets are off. What someone says, does, doesn’t do, might or might not do triggers us, and we can’t make peace with it. Resistance is a reaction to…