Category Archives: Insight

A Letter To My Son on Father’s Day

Posted on June 16, 2013 by

ORIGINALLY Posted on June 19, 2011 Dear Nick, Vivid in memory are the emotions I experienced just after you were born. The day after you arrived I wrote in a journal about the joy I felt, the gratefulness within for … Continue reading →

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Quit Thinking About It…

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. Friedrich Nietzsche In my 20’s and 30’s the cover phrase for forgetfulness was “I must be getting old”. By the … Continue reading →

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To Love Life

Posted on May 27, 2013 by

Self-knowledge has no beginning and no end. It is a constant process of discovery, and what is discovered is true, and truth is liberating… Jiddu Krishnamurti Once I became open to discovering the truth about who I was and how … Continue reading →

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Backwards Wishing

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

You’ll know that you are no longer self-righteous the day you drop the romantic notion that if only your seventh grade teacher could see you now, she would be proud of you. Say goodbye to her. You don’t need her … Continue reading →

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Like Quicksand

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Depression… removes the color from the colorful… reduces the difference between day and night… crowds out self-esteem with self-loathing… takes away the pleasing taste from everything… creates a sense of being UN-loveable… brings all past mistakes to present-moment… shades life … Continue reading →

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Wiser, Stronger, Older…

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

From an article on-line, comes these three steps about how to fall in love. 1. Find a complete stranger. 2. Reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour. 3. Then, stare deeply into each others … Continue reading →

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Reasons You’re Not Getting What You Want

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

I don’t care who you are, you’ve been in want for something before. And at one point in your life, that thing you wanted…didn’t happen. You Didn’t Ask For It: This one might blow your mind with simplicity. A mentor … Continue reading →

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Today I Will Be Happy With Less.

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

That’s just eleven words with a sobering with truthful meaning. “Today I will be happy with less”. more…. …Eleven words at the top and forty-seven more just above; fifty-eight words of absolute truth about one of the greatest secrets of … Continue reading →

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Most People Are Other People

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

One hot afternoon a young child and his father set out for the market. Their donkey was with them. All three walked side by side. Near the river, they came across a group of women, who said, “See how tired … Continue reading →

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Evaporates With Breakneck Speed

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

I will find a way in my everyday life to slow the world down and take away some of the pressures – moments when the demands of making a living take too much away from making a life. I will … Continue reading →

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