There is so much to learn. For a day, or really better yet a lifetime, just observe. Don’t judge, which will help prevent getting angry or feeling entitled or any of those other distracting things. Just observe. What makes me mad? How does my body feel when this or that happens or is said or […]
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I have been thinking about opportunity costs as a concept a lot over the last several years. I was amazed to find that I can’t find where I have written about it. It is a really powerful camouflaged threat to happiness that many don’t realize. I sure didn’t for most of my life. It may
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Sometimes I read or hear of an idea and it is like a lightning bolt. I can feel the neurons reorganizing; pruning the old rotting branches. I can see the new yellow-green buds forming and popping into life. Yesterday was one of those days. I have been thinking about boundaries all wrong. I suspect we
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I have a monkey brain. It is unruly. It seldom slows down yet alone comes to a rest. I force it daily to do just that. For half my life I have practiced meditation. I have yet to be able to sit for more than a few minutes in a quiet empty presence. This is
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It really is that simple. Let go. I’m not going to look to see if I wrote about this before as I’m nearly positive that I have. But of course, my multi-year outpouring of free life lessons and pitfalls and learnings is about me and you and my daughter and the world in general. It
Sometimes the titles for my posts just leap forward and confidently shout “here I am, pick me!”, like an uninhibited toddler. Other times, like with this post, I write the entire post in my head, likely while I am sleeping or watching South Park, or some other important life activity and then struggle to
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Sometimes I just feel “blue-screen-of-death”. I feel as if I am so far off of what is normal for me, so far from my ideal self, from my daily routines that the only way to get back is to simply reboot. A few weeks back I decided to hit Ctrl-Alt-Del. I’m just now coming back
I only know how to be me and I even suck at that at times. I can’t be you, I don’t know your struggles or beliefs or experiences. I would mess it up. I don’t even know how to be my wife of nearly thirty years. I have no clue how to be my
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From years of hiking I know that I can survive two of the following three threats simultaneously: cold, wind, and rain. But, I cannot withstand all three. Out on the trail it could be deadly. Two at a time is a real challenge, but one should be able to survive. So is it with pain
Do dogs need purpose? I feel pretty confident that dogs are better than humans, and to the best of my knowledge they do not wake up in the morning and challenge themselves to actualize their purpose. Can I learn from dogs? Can I not? Am I holding myself in a perpetual prison by forcing purpose
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