Life can be hard. It can hit you with unexpected tragedies and disappointments. But despite all of that, we're blessed with a choice on how to react as we navigate. We get to choose how to experience all of life. So, if you aren't actively choosing to have fun as much as you can, then … Continue reading Fun
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Wisdom
Wisdom comes from experience. And, as you get good at it, wisdom can also come from choosing not to repeat certain experiences. It all comes from living through life. And that is just as valuable and covetable as youth is. As a matter of fact, the opposite of young shouldn't be old, but rather, wise. … Continue reading Wisdom
Certainty
It's good to be confident in what you're doing. It's good to be comfortable in your level of experience and knowledge. However, certainty in any of it is a trap. Milton Glaser says, “Certainty is a closing of the mind.” We just can't know the whole truth, as there are so many perspectives. Confidence is … Continue reading Certainty
Moments
Oftentimes the only way to get through something is to take it moment by moment. This is pretty easy advice to follow, really. Because, actually, we can only take it moment by moment. We may want to try to rush the moments somehow, but they still only move along one by one. Rushing doesn't help … Continue reading Moments
Attitude
Your experience of anything depends on the attitude that you bring to it. Whether it's a party, a spin class, or your job, you'll either have a great time, or be miserable all because of your attitude, rather than the situation. It's your life. You have the choice to enjoy it and see the value … Continue reading Attitude
Motivation
There's no sense in waiting for some outside source of motivation until you can get started in achieving your goals, because that motivation isn't always guaranteed. Just get started anyway. You'll find motivation along the way, as you get closer to your goals. The more experience you gain and achieve, the more motivation you'll get … Continue reading Motivation
Wisdom
Chances are, you're going to be wrong a lot of the time. Especially as you evolve and grow you'll realize that in order to learn, you're probably going to get it wrong, mostly, until suddenly you don't. It's when you acknowledge that you don't always know the right answer, that you show you've gained wisdom. … Continue reading Wisdom
Inside Job
They say that happiness is an inside job. In other words, your happiness has to come from within yourself. It doesn't come from any external factor. It's not really a hard concept to accept. It's not even all that mystical, or woo-woo. Everything we experience comes from our mind experiencing it. Every emotion we feel … Continue reading Inside Job
Do it
Most anything can be done easily when you just get to doing it. It's when you think too much about doing it, and about how you're going to do it, that it starts to get complicated. You can end up thinking yourself into a panic that it's just too difficult to do. Now, some things … Continue reading Do it
Creation
Our thinking is what creates our experience. We tend to spend most of our time lost in our thoughts, which are in effect mostly about problems from the past or an imagined problematic future. Spending so much time thinking about our problems only helps to perpetuate them in our lives. The funny thing is, when … Continue reading Creation
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