We all choose our own pain. Whether you’ve stepped on a Lego or you’re projectile vomiting out of the back window of your Uber, it was your choices have led you down this path. I’m sure you have an idea of how one’s choices could turn them into a puke sprinkler in the wee hours of the night, but how…
Category: Self-Awareness
WHEN ADVICE ISN’T ADVICE – LEARNING TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT
How many of you have been in this situation – you’re sharing a conversation with someone and the topic rolls over a problem that’s troubling them… “I just can’t seem to get enough sleep! No matter what I do, I’m always tired and have trouble getting out of bed in the morning! If I could just figure out what’s wrong…
IGNORING OUR OWN NEEDS CONDEMNS OUR CHILDREN
I am blessed with a memory that reaches back to the early days of my time here on Earth. It’s interesting see how people’s beliefs are shaped by their own characteristics – many people have refused to believe that I could possibly remember things from my life back when I was one or two years old – simply because their…
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF SOUNDING LIKE AN IDIOT
While every person on the planet, as well as those fascinating scientists in orbit, do have a measure of creativity, not everybody is truly creative. By “truly” creative I mean those that want to push up and out of what they already know to find, or to create, something original.
As we age our patterns…
THE LIMITATIONS OF AN IMPULSIVE LIFESTYLE
To live in the moment – this is one of the great struggles living in the great and ever-advancing culture we know today. We share an age of unprecedented progress and growth, but with this gift comes difficulty in finding balance and harmony with our self-grown empire of concrete and light.
There is a typical progression…
THE PRIVILEGE OF SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF
We live in a wonderful day in age. Our global culture is growing and changing at an alarming rate – one undeniable catalyst for this change was the unprecedented exponential growth of technology. The human race has always been insatiably curious and each new generation has crashed through seemingly impossible barriers with the characteristic passion that makes us who we…
GET RICH QUICK WITH MAGIC PILLS
There is something curious about those that seek out a magic pill – some tangible product or action that will help them skip two or three steps towards a goal. It’s common knowledge that there is no real quick fix or shortcut in anything worth doing, so why still fall victim to the false idol that is this “magic” scheme?
Why indeed….
WE ALWAYS WIN SHOWER ARGUMENTS
The shower – our favourite location for a victorious debate. Oh, the sweet satisfaction of going over a situation in our minds, either a conversation that has already happened or one that we want to have, and absolutely demolishing the other person with our pernicious perspicacity. Nobody stands a chance under the gentle wash…