In Lieu of Money Sometimes at a non-conscious level, we are willing to accept praise, appreciation, gratitude, and knowing we made a difference as a form of payment instead of money. A much better strategy is to receive those things and get paid too! It is a darn good thing to get paid for serving, […]
Guilt trip
May 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Remembering that we do have a choice
March 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Remembering that we do have a choice Sabine, her friend, and I drove for 3.5 hours this morning to ski at Sunlight (near Glenwood Springs, CO). 2 hours into our ski day, Sabine’s friend crashed and hurt her knee. Our ski day was over. My initial response was irritation and disappointment. I wanted to ski! […]
The power of the tongue
March 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The power of the tongue We have the power to speak: growth or stagnation happiness or sadness encouragement or discouragement optimism or pessimism celebration or downplaying possibility or impossibility enthusiasm or apathy blessings or curses unprecedented results or limitation hope or resignation life or death Choose wisely! Much Love, Jonathan I write these Daily […]
OK to get paid
March 15, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Like and Love
February 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Like and Love People tend to do a lot of talking about what they do not like. If we pay attention, we will notice that every time we do this, our hearts close a little bit (or a lot). The consequences of our hearts closing are: lethargy, unhappiness, irritability, being uncentered, and being less magnetic […]
Stress is Inevitable
November 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Confounding Joy
October 7, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Confounding Joy I am installing hardwood floors in our house. As part of the prep work, I had my daughter write words like: love, joy, kindness, fun, caring, laughter, happy, etc. all over the sub floor. She wrote at least 200 words on the floor. That way we will be standing on good energy. I […]
Choosing the lesser pain
September 21, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Definite consequences to feeling stressed and rushed
July 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Definite consequences to feeling stressed and rushed A big trap people fall into is the story that we don’t have enough time. This automatically puts us into scarcity consciousness. We will then naturally feel stressed, pressured, and rushed. And there are serious negative consequences to feeling this way. When we are feeling this way, our […]
