Posts tagged with “wisdom”
6 Things My Heroes Taught Me About Overcoming Hard Times
âA hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.â ~Christopher Reeve
It all happened so suddenly that it felt just like a flash flood. One minute the road was clear and drivable, and the next it was a raging river. Before I knew what happened, my life went from being only slightly a mess to being a complete mess, my car teetering on the edge of the water, ready to go for a swim at any minute.
I had left a job I liked and found a job I thought …
We Can Make the World a Better Place, One Interaction at a Time
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” ~Marcus Aurelius
Now more than ever, the world needs good people.
While driving home from a job interview the other day, I listened to Joe Rogan talking about how he treats strangers who act mean or hostile to him, for apparently no reason at all.
His modus operandi is essentially, âLet it go. You never know what kind of day the other person is having.â
This resonated with me exceptionally well. Itâs one of the big things Iâve been focusing on in the latter half of …
40 Ways to Create Peace of Mind
âSet peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.â ~Brian Tracy
There was a time when I thought peace was a destination, in much the same way I imagined Iâd eventually arrive at happiness or success.
It seemed like something I needed to chase or findâdefinitely not something I could experience without dramatically changing my life.
I needed to work less, relax more, and generally revamp my circumstances and relationships in order to be a peaceful person.
Despite seeing peace as an endpoint, I also saw it as something passive; after all, thatâs why …
Why We Feel the Need to Explain Ourselves and Justify Our Choices
âYou are responsible for your intention, not your reception.â ~Amy E. Smith
I’ve realized that I put a lot of energy into trying to explain my decisions. Sometimes those explanations are an honest attempt to connect with another person or to step a little further out of hiding. Often, they are a result of my own self-doubt and desire for people to like me.
For example, I feel an obligation to say yes to any invitation or request I receive. Sometimes I’m glad to agree, other times I’d prefer to do something else. It gets tricky when the thing …
20 Things You Donât Have to Apologize For
If youâre anything like me, you apologize far too often, and most of the time, when you havenât done anything wrong.
Sometimes we apologize for things beyond our controlâlike bad weather during a party weâre hosting.
Sometimes we apologize when someone else was actually in the wrongâwhen a waiter brings us food not cooked to our specifications, for example.
And sometimes we apologize for life choices we have every right to makeâlike the decision to change jobs, or end a relationship.
Weâre wired to seek a sense of belonging, and we fear being ostracized from our tribe, so many …
Why I Believe That Feeling Offended Is a Choice
“The feeling of being ‘offended’ is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues.” ~Bryant McGill
As I ponder back over my forty-odd years on this planet, I canât really remember going lengths of time without feeling offended. By someoneâs words, or actions. It was simply my default reaction.
Donât get me wrong, I didnât enjoy it. Feeling offended never feels good. Ever. Thereâs always a sting. Which is probably why the (many) âfeeling offendedâ memories are so prominent. And clear.
Some of them were simple and relatively unimportant.
Like the time I …
Tiny Buddhaâs Guide to Loving Yourself On Sale for 99 Cents
Hi friends! Iâm pleased to announce that the eBook version of Tiny Buddhaâs Guide to Loving Yourself has been selected for The Great Autumn eBook Sale, which is offering twelve powerful eBooks for just 99 cents each, from now until October 19th.
About Tiny Buddhaâs Guide to Loving Yourself
Tiny Buddhaâs Guide to Loving Yourself shares forty unique perspectives and insights on topics related to loving yourself, including:
- Realizing youâre not broken
- Accepting your flaws
- Releasing the need for approval
- Forgiving yourself
- Letting go of comparisons
- Learning to be authentic
Featuring stories selected from hundreds of Tiny Buddha …
If Only I Knew My Worth…
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ~Albert Einstein
Looking back on my past, I see that I have spent most of my precious time striving to improve myself instead of celebrating the very gift of being alive and healthy. For many years, I though I wasnât good enough, and perfection was my worst enemy.
I considered myself pretty but not beautiful, somewhat smart but not truly intelligent. In other words, I thought of myself as average, not …
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