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I read these words by Chögyam Trungpa and it made me smile. This is so right I thought. Our ego really does run the show. And look at how it makes us feel… Of course, we have to define ‘ego’ before we get into it. The ego can be defined as the Protective Self*, and...

Back in 1863, president Abraham Lincoln, decided to create a new national holiday, Thanksgiving, so that people had the time to stand still for a moment to see, and appreciate, all that they had in life. He chose the 4th Thursday of November for it. Farmers had...

Indeed, all and everything, good or bad, ends at some point, and that is what we have to keep in mind whenever life hits us hard. For those who have been reading my blogs regularly, you know that it has been quite a ride this year. First, I broke my back, and once...

For those who have been reading my latest blogs, you know that things are intense in my life right now. As are for so many of you, I am sure. We all walk through life, thinking we know what will come next, planning our lives, preparing for the future. But then life...

Emotion = e-motion = energy in motion. Dr Sue Morter* defines an emotion as, a sudden influx of energy. And I can’t find a better description, that is exactly how it feels. When an emotion occurs, you feel a flow, you feel a rush going through your body. Whether it is...

Time The meaning we’re giving the word ‘time’ in our lives is very ambiguous to say the least. On the one hand: We’re always ‘doing’. We’re always busy. We never have enough hours in a day. Everything needs to be done right now, today. We never stop. On the other...

“In fact, it may be necessary to encounter defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” Maya Angelou   This quote from May Angelou describes how life can take nasty turns, and can sometimes dive into darkness,...

On ne détruit pas les ténèbres en luttant contre elles, mais en allumant la lumière. On ne détruit pas le mal en luttant contre lui, mais en faisant le bien. On ne détruit pas la haine ou la peur, en s’ acharnant contre elles, mais en laissant montrer la tendresse et...

Do you believe you can create your day? Do you believe you have a say in how you will feel today? Or Do you believe things happen to you, and that you are just a bystander when life is passing by? One of my great teachers and mentors, Gabby Bernstein*, urges us to...

When we do the things, we would like to achieve, only today, just for today, and then do this every day, we slowly and steadily reach our goals. When I was listening to the 64th verse of the Tao Te Ching, interpreted*, and read by dr. Wayne W. Dyer, he was talking...