How often do you let other people’s temper affect your mood? Do you let a terrible driver or a rude comment ruin our day? How quickly can you regain your focus on what is important? One man learned this experience while in the back of a New York City cab. Here’s what happened. Simon was traveling in a cab, on …
How To See the Good, Even When Things Look Bad
“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another …
Two Dimensions of Self: Respond Instead of React.
Last month something quite awful happened with my physical body. In the middle of the night, I experienced sharp pains in my right abdomen as well as severe retching and vomiting. It lasted for a couple of hours. I knew I was passing out kidney stones. I was alone at home and felt too sick to drive myself to the …
Thought For The Day To Meditate On
A lot of us try to bottle up our emotions, as if it’s somehow wrong to have natural reactions to life. But feelings can’t be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they may seem. In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.