“Do you know what is responsible for much of the difference between Youth and Age? Just one thing. Youth looks forward always to something better. Age looks backward and sighs over its “lost” youth.” ~ Robert Collier, The Secret of the Ages Age is always relative, my friend. When you look around you see some people…
“To people who have not claimed their power, the question “What would you do if it was your life to live?” doesn’t seem like a joke question! If you haven’t claimed your power, you will be led along by others. Your choices will be born out of the popular culture of your time, or a…
“You have the capacity to change the world within a moment. All you have to do is make a simple choice. Are you going to choose a world of love and gratitude, or a tortured world filled with discontent and impoverishment? The answer will depend on your attitude at this very moment.” ~ Masaru Emoto,…
“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” ~ Pope John XXIII You get to choose what you focus your attention on.…
“You see what you choose to see, because all perception is a choice. And when you cease to impose your meanings on what you see, your spiritual eyes will open, and you will see a world free of judgment and shining in its endless beauty.” ~ Paul Ferrini Try it, my friend. Suspend the meaning…
“You see what you choose to see, because all perception is a choice. And when you cease to impose your meanings on what you see, your spiritual eyes will open, and you will see a world free of judgment and shining in its endless beauty.” ~ Paul Ferrini Try it, my friend. Suspend the meaning…
“Stubborn problems always require a shift in paradigm.” ~ Chris Prentiss, Zen and the Art of Happiness So exactly what is a paradigm? Well, my friend, it’s your pattern of thoughts, beliefs and habits that control your behavior, actions, and life. Do you like the results you’re experiencing — life as you know it? If not, you…
“The current paradigm is so thoroughly established that the only way to change is to start over again.” ~ Donald A. Norman So what if you had to start over again? What would that start look like? If you had your life to live all over again, what would you be and do? What if this…
“Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler did not solve an old problem, they asked a new question, and in doing so they changed the whole basis on which the old questions had been framed.” ~ Ken Robinson Maybe this is the key to busting the paradigm, my friend. What pattern in your life can’t you seem to…
“Just because something has always been done in a certain way is never a sufficient reason for continuing to do it that way.” ~ Clarence Birdseye How would we ever evolve if we just kept doing everything the same way? We wouldn’t! Though we know that things have to change, it doesn’t necessarily make it…