Overcoming a Dysfunctional Litter
I have an ex-boyfriend who liked to say that he was the one who always had to do all the “heavy lifting.” He meant that the brunt of keeping the relationship “on track” was always on him, and he didn’t just mean our relationship. He believed this was true for his relationships with friends, family, [...]
Recently, you may have noticed the increased amount of notices for you to notice. We notice that some of our notices have not been noticed. This is very noticeable. It has also been noticed that the responses to the notices have been noticeably unnoticeable. This notice is to remind you to notice the notices and [...]
We can never have enough of that which we really do not want.–Eric Hoffer One of the habits of highly effective people, from The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey, is to Begin with the end in mind. Mr. Covey starts out the discussion by asking people to think about their funeral–by [...]
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey.–Ruskin As we who live in mostly free, mostly Christian countries come up for air after the season that drowns us in materialistic excess, [...]
Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself.–Sam Levenson That which is outside the possibility of choice is outside the province of morality.–Ayn Rand Happiness is not a birthright, although the pursuit of it should be. There’s a lot of confusion about this idea, and about happiness in general. It’s a big topic, [...]
The basic point of tantra is interest and awareness in every activity we are involved in throughout our life, in every moment.–Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche It may seem ambitious to think I can summarize the point of life in 1,200 words or less. But really, I don’t think it is. The point of life is actually [...]
All pressure is at bottom a person’s own displaced drive. — Ken Wilber, The Spectrum of Consciousness In 12 Step meetings and other self-help gathering places, you often hear the phrase don’t should on yourself. That is to say, don’t listen to that hyperjudgmental inner voice that’s telling you you’re doing something wrong or bad [...]
“The fundamental nature of the Universe is playful.” –Alan Watts, paraphrased You know how some businesses display little sentiments on their signs to make drivers smile or think? I recently saw Play keeps us vital and alive on one of these. It surprised me, because the American culture is so identified with work. Rarely do [...]