"Act your age, not your shoe size." That is one of my least favorite quotes ever. Something happens when we grow up. Officially grow up. Adulthood. We forget to be silly. We don't belly laugh. We lose that sense of wonder. We forget to make time to "play". We forget what it felt like to …
Category: Quotes
20 minutes.
Is what it takes me a day to reset my thoughts. Is what it takes me to regain control of my narrative. Is what it takes me to calm myself and find peace within. 10 minutes in the morning. 10 minutes at night. 20 minutes total. Every day. That's my mediation practice and it really …
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, …
Fear.
I used to have alot of fears. And I mean alot!!! Perhaps they emanated from my pretty crazy childhood. I was scared all the time. My home life situation wasn't very stable. It haunted me for most of my youth and young adulthood. Fear of failing. Fear of trying. Fear of looking a certain way …
Failure.
My biggest victories in life have come after my biggest failures. But I never saw it that way until recently. Like most people, I used to live my life with an absolute, relentless and hyper-focused avoidance of failure... "I can't lose." "We must win." "I don't know what the hell I will do if I …
No.
A word I was never good at saying. "Yes" was a word I was much more comfortable with. I used to think that if you said "yes" alot, you were doing good things for the person who asked, and, by association, good things for your own karma. "Can we meet for lunch?" "Yes!" "You wanna …
Death and Life.
I am obsessed with death. I think about it all the time. When I wake up. When I go to bed. When I am driving. When I am walking my dogs.When I am in those quiet, reflective moments. Sounds crazy, morbid, depressing, a bit extreme. I am sure that's what you may be thinking. But …
