What is a Well-Lived Life?

September 1, 2009

If we were to ask ten people to define a well-lived life we would probably get ten different answers.
Some people would measure success in money; others, by recognition of peers. For some it would be a well-designed and useful product; for others, a beautiful garden. Some would measure it in terms of good relationships, peace [...]

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Don’t ask what the world needs . . .

August 11, 2009

“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
Howard Thurman, American theologian
Clergyman and activist – 1900-1981

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Discipline as Discipleship

July 30, 2009

“Self-discipline and contentment are useful.”
The Dalai Lama
When we hear the word discipline, the first thing that usually comes to mind is that someone is going make us do something we don’t want to do. Self-discipline often means that we are going to try to make ourselves do something that we don’t want to do.
Our Independent [...]

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It ain’t what you know . . .

July 30, 2009

“It ain’t what you know that hurts you. It’s what you know that ain’t true.”
Yogi Berra

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Rx: When You are Overwhelmed or Exhausted

July 30, 2009

There are times in our lives when we reach a place of overwhelm and exhaustion. We can hardly get out of bed in the morning and put one foot in front of the other to get through the day. We have used up our supply of energy and health and are running on brute force [...]

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9 Steps to Organization

July 30, 2009

When you made your New Year’s resolutions last January, was “Get organized!” near the top of your list? Did you make the same resolution the year before? And the year before? Is your desk still stacked with magazines, catalogues, event schedules, junk mail and very important things to do? Are your closets still untidy and [...]

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Rx: When You are in Emotional Distress

July 30, 2009

There are times in our lives when we fall into emotional distress. We lose our footing and slip into a whirlpool of feeling. Our capacity for clear thinking and perspective diminishes and we are immersed in suffering. When this happens, it is helpful to have a practice to use to help restore our equilibrium.
Here are some [...]

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Finding Stability Through Change

July 30, 2009

“In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.”
Jack Kornfield, Buddha’s Little Instruction Book
The one thing in this world of which we can be certain is that all things are in a state of constant change. The stock market [...]

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Rx: When You are Preparing to Face a Difficult Situation or Task

July 30, 2009

There are times in our lives when we are confronted with a difficult task or situation that we must navigate. Sometimes there is danger and we get caught in a whirlpool of fears. It is helpful, therefore, to take steps to dissolve fears and to support ourselves on the journey.
Here are some suggestions.

Bring something to [...]

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The Freedom of Limitations

July 30, 2009

As we enter the 21st century, riding high on the edge of the Information Age, we find ourselves in an era of unlimited possibilities. We have access to more information than at any other time in history. We receive daily communications from all over the world, many of them contradictory. We receive offers on radio, [...]

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