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….
There’s a natural impulse to pause between the end of one cycle and the beginning of the next. Like any pause, it allows us to reflect and become more aware of ourselves. Below are two effective questions to use during that pause. But first, about those cycles … Daily, there’s a distinct beginning and end…
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…
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…
Being a teenager is getting tougher by the minute. One of their biggest hurdles is making sense of a world that bombards them with messages about how they should look and feel and behave that don’t align with their own experiences of life. At the same time, they’re navigating significant physical, cognitive, and emotional changes,…