Laughing at Ourselves A good measure of self-kindness is our ability to laugh at ourselves. Self-judgment will have us beat up on ourselves. Yesterday I locked myself out which required Kendrick to drive across town and bring another key. Although I did not enjoy inconveniencing him, I did not beat up on myself. (Years ago, […]
An interesting question
September 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
An Interesting Question Take a minute and ponder this question: What do people feel and experience when they are around you? And does the answer vary with context? Would your friends have a different answer than your family, or your coworkers, or your neighbors, or . . .? If you don’t like your answers, you […]
No one is bad and wrong
February 13, 2017 by Leave a Comment
October 14, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Little fish in a big ocean grows up Because of head trash (like not worthy, not ready, success stuff, money stuff and other junk) people often think of themselves as a small fish in a big ocean. “Who am I to be successful? Who am I to be a rock star in my industry? Etc.” […]
Sloppy Language and questionable ownership
March 24, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Sloppy Language and questionable ownership We are very careless with the words “I am” and “I have”. Those are words of identity and declaration that are very powerful. And we use them so haphazardly, identifying ourselves as or with things that if we stopped to think about it we certainly wouldn’t want to identify with. […]
Thomas Jefferson is giving me a hard time
December 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Thomas Jefferson is giving me a hard time (To understand this Daily Dose, you need to know that we saw the musical, Hamilton, on our recent trip to NY. It is the life history of Alexander Hamilton and it is amazing!!!) Imagine that you ran into Lin-Manuel Miranda, the guy who plays Hamilton, and asked […]
