“Any task in life is easier if we approach it with the one at a time attitude. … To cite a whimsical saying; ‘If you chase two rabbits, both of them will escape.’ No one is adequate to do everything all at once. We have to select what is important, what is possible, and begin […]
Category: Spiritual Smarts
Today I gave a speech (a “talk”) that touched on several life principles, one of them, morality’s influence on decision making. Behavioral Economist Dan Ariely author of the book “Predictably Irrational“, created a fascinating social experiment intended to understand how people handle being tempted with cheating. He called it, shrinking the fudge factor. In other […]
What I have learned is that the most rewarding of feelings comes when time is spent invested in others. It’s one thing to get a lot done and have a productive hour or day all about you … it’s another to truly mentor, coach, teach, train, help, listen to somebody else. While getting things done […]
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Choices
It is the incremental, small choices we make, that shape our destiny. Every moment is a new moment and a new opportunity to choose. “Choices are not always easy to see clearly. You make choices every day and almost every hour that keep you walking in the light or moving away toward darkness. Some of […]
“The event of falling in love… in one high bound� �it has overleaped the massive wall of our ��selfhood; it has made appetite itself altruistic, ��tossed personal happiness aside as a triviality ��and planted the interests of another in the ��centre of our being.” C.S. Lewis
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Patience
“We should learn to be patient with ourselves. Recognizing our strengths and our weaknesses, we should strive to use good judgment in all of our choices and decisions, make good use of every opportunity, and do our best in every task we undertake. We should not be unduly discouraged nor in despair at any time […]
Kolyma and the Russian Siberian Saints
Every human life has equal value. So what are we doing about it? Well, I had the opportunity to sit front row last week at a breakfast and listen to the Gates Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes speak on what the the Foundation is doing with their $30+ billion endowment to bring equality to society. He […]
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Your complete self
A complete life is not just about one thing – whither that thing be a job, school, a healthy lifestyle, friends, or hobbies – a complete life is about stretching your self, physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and spiritually. Those five aspects of life must all be addressed, considered, and emphasized. No one aspect can stand […]