And it's a beautiful thing! I remember recently reading a lot of news about Jim Carrey. Not very flattering either. This is just one of literally hundreds of news stories and social media posts about him lately... "OK, I'm worried that Jim Carrey will be the next Robin Williams. He is just babbling whenever he …
Category: Attachment
Disturbances.
I recently came across this wonderful short story... ____________ Cockroach Theory- A speech by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google The cockroach theory for self development... At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started screaming out of fear. With a panic stricken face and trembling voice, she started …
Labels.
"What do you DO for a living Mike?" "So, what do you DO?" I have always been uncomfortable with how people identify themselves by using labels. And how we define others by labels as well. We label our children when they are young, too. "My kid is so XYZ!" "Oh, he's a XYZ." "She is …
Impermanence.
I am reading an extraordinary new book, The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski. Extraordinary. Am only half way through and it's already had a huge impact on me. I will write about it in greater detail when I finish. One of the words that really moved me in the book is the word "impermanence". I …
Equanimity.
Zen Story: Maybe There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically. “Maybe,” the farmer replied. The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it …
What Babies Can Teach Us Grown Ups About Life.
Happy Baby! Most babies are little bundles of joy. Happy. Silly. Playful. I know mine were. Think about it...they come into this world and their needs are so simple and basic. Food. Attention. Love. Affection. Sleep. (ok, and yes, a good poop:) And most of all, babies seek companionship and give unconditional love. They want …
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Happy.
For many years, I simply wasn't happy. On the surface, however, I had everything. Good health. A thriving business. A few good friends. Good family life. I see clearly now why I wasn't happy though.... I tied my happiness to external things and events. I wasn't authentic. I wasn't growing spiritually. I was tethered to …
Choices.
Most people think life is comprised of the big decisions we make. Where to go to college. What career path to follow. What jobs to take. Who to marry. What town to live in. To have kids or not. Who we choose to be friends with. And on and on. But what I have come to realize is …
Attachment.
So much of our society and culture is obsessed with attaching happiness to material things, status and achievement. I think about the people I know that actually have the most and often they seem to also suffer the most. Their constant pursuits of the material and the affirmation of a desired status really never ends, …
