Build a House for men and birds. Sit with them and play music. For a day, for just one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace, my friend, into your beautiful eyes. Hafez I wonder if you have noticed how difficult it is to maintain a conversation that is purely joyous, one that […]
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Image by Taylor Smith The most significant relationship we will ever have is the relationship with ourself Contrary to what we might assume, the most significant relationship we ever have is the relationship we have with ourselves. Our suffering is the result of not acknowledging this and therefore cultivating a good relationship with ourselves.
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Image by Tuğba Kobal Yılmaz The only thing worse than being blind is having sight with no vision Helen Keller Some time ago, I was working with someone who had come to me for mentoring. This young man was troubled by his father’s insistence that he see a psychiatrist or a psychologist. ‘I don’t feel I
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What wisdom and insight into truth would your future self want your present self to know and live by? What would you accept and what would you reject or resist? You may be familiar with the exercise of speaking to your 10-, 15- or 20-year-old self. But how about hearing from your future self?
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Let me ask you a question: Where is your past? Consider it carefully. Where is your past? What is your answer? When you really think about it, the past only ever exists as memory, memory which can be aroused. And when does memory get aroused if not in the…present? If I asked you to recall
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Forgiving can be a hard thing. A very hard thing. Why do I say that? Because it feels hard. It feels like we’re being asked to do something superhuman. But we’re only human, aren’t we? Why should I, the victim, the recipient, of someone else’s awfulness, recklessness, childishness, lovelessness… be the one to give in and
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If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘thank you’, that would be enough. MEISTER ECKHART Do this. Sit still. In a quiet place. Take a few deep breaths. Tell your racing mind: For the next 2 minutes, I am just going to sit here and say Thank
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Mindfulness practice is the practice of transformation Photo by Artur Tumasjan on Unsplash Mindfulness is that simple yet life-changing practice that enables us to see things as they truly are – without the filters of our learning/conditioning Einstein is supposed to have said that a problem cannot be solved at the same level at
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A MENTORING PROGRAM THAT TAKES YOU THROUGH THE 5 STEPS OF FORGIVENESS Forgiveness is something many of us struggle with. We often find ourselves in turmoil thinking we should forgive but not really wanting to forgive. Or wanting to forgive but not knowing how. We may have tried to forgive but may find that we
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Photo by Karim MANJRA on Unsplash I’m not going to pretend that forgiveness is an easy thing to do. For some of us, it can be one of the most difficult things we’ll ever do. By all accounts, it seems like when we forgive, whether ourselves or others, it brings us tremendous relief. It allows
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