Cast aside the barrage of outer advice. Don’t read anything, don’t watch or listen to anything for as long as you can – a few days would be great. Get used to identifying the source of your answers. Is it your mother talking, your father, something you learned in school, the ‘smart’ way to go about it, or is it your truth that may agree with or stand against conventional wisdom? Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Entitled to Perfection
You are and I am.
- We’re all perfect, wonderful and right – right now!
- Other people’s lies and our own self-deceit block us from seeing and sharing this.
- Perversion and so-called ‘imperfection’ result from trying to express our uniqueness through external ideas of how we’re ‘supposed’ to be.
- Knowing who we are, finding, understanding and acting on our honest priorities is the best we can ever do.
- No amount of money, fame, prestige, beauty, etc. can replace the satisfaction from living a life true to yourself.
The only answers you need are within.
6 Ingredients for Happy
If you’re tired of being unhappy, take a look at the following ingredients. Mix and match as you see fit, but try them all. The harder a particular ingredient seems to come by, the more essential it probably is for your unique recipe. Give yourself plenty of practice. Once you get comfortable with the ingredients, the recipe will practically make itself! Continue reading
Strut your rut? Not!
You think about the future. You think about the past. But where you’re at right now? Let’s just say it’s not really doing it for you. You, my friend, are in a rut.
Rut n.
- A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
- A fixed, usually boring routine.
http://www.answers.com/topic/rut
Perhaps at some point you traded what you really needed for what you thought you needed, and now you feel stuck. If you make yourself beautiful, you’ll be happy. If you make a lot of money, you’ll be happy. If you have a husband/wife, 3 kids and a dog… you get the picture. But lo and behold, it didn’t work. Damn! Sure, you like what you’ve got. But that elusive happiness, enlightenment, elation. Where is it? Read on, my friends and ye shall see…
X Marks the Spot
I believe in old adages like: “The truth will set you free!” and “Live free or die!” But in today’s society, truth, and thereby freedom, can be as hard to find as buried treasure. So, dig with me, fellow freedom lovers, and let’s call bs (compassionately) along the way. Carpe Diem!