Monday Motivation November 25, 2019

You can never really know anything. You certainly can’t know everything. –And even if you could, it would be boring as all get out. The act of knowing is the end of seeking, of finding, of questioning. It is the end of knowledge. The death of experience.  And still, being unsure doesn’t feel good. TheContinue reading “Monday Motivation November 25, 2019”

Thursday Motivation November 21, 2019

Things aren’t upsetting. Circumstances just are what they are. It is our feelings that we attach to these things. Our judgments of good and bad regarding those things, that is what upset us. Remove the judgement, the expectations, the feelings about things that happen in your life. This is what causes stress, gives fuel toContinue reading “Thursday Motivation November 21, 2019”

Monday Motivation November 18, 2019

Our potential for happiness is limitless. Our mental energy isn’t. Are you spending your precious energy on people who aren’t worth it. Harboring resentment? Clinging to the wrongs of the past?  Reliving past hurt of someone, who did something that hurt you? It’s one thing to cut toxic people out of your life. It’s anotherContinue reading “Monday Motivation November 18, 2019”

Friday Motivation November 15, 2019

We are all on this beautiful blue marble spinning around our star as it cruises through the galaxy. The universe is expanding, stars are born and die in fiery explosions, always on the move, always something new. Change is natural; inevitable, impersonal. It is only us humans that try to deny and fight the realityContinue reading “Friday Motivation November 15, 2019”

Thursday Motivation November 14, 2019

Our mind has evolved to protect us from what is painful. This protection has moved from just the physical. Our brains have become very good at moving our decision making into a place of avoiding painful experiences. “Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing” Fight Club – Chuck Palahniuk While this maintaining of theContinue reading “Thursday Motivation November 14, 2019”

Wednesday Motivation November 13, 2019

Life feel like it is spinning out of control? Have no idea where the day goes? Working for the weekend? Days measured in, “days until” we have drinks with friends, or vacation. Living for a better day. Common, but sad. *The joys of life are found in the moments. Today. To do this, we haveContinue reading “Wednesday Motivation November 13, 2019”

Monday Motivation November 11, 2019

It is perfectly normal to complain. It is rife in our society and culture. Countless hours are spent as work friends complain to each other about the injustice in the reality of their day to day world. Happy hour wouldn’t look the same without those that can’t help but hold court over a beer andContinue reading “Monday Motivation November 11, 2019”

Thursday Motivation November 7, 2019

Oh, the shackles we put on ourselves. It is not the world that limits us, society, or the people in our lives. The chains are not put on us from where we come from or how much money we have. None of them constrain us as much as we do to ourselves. The mental chainsContinue reading “Thursday Motivation November 7, 2019”

Wednesday Motivation November 6, 2019

Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks? Socrates Our social groups can have such a powerful effect on our lives. The desire to fit in and to be accepted by others ripple with strong undercurrents in our day to day actions. We over attribute our thinking to being that ofContinue reading “Wednesday Motivation November 6, 2019”