An accountability question I was recently asked, “How can I hold myself accountable to taking the actions needed to move forward?” The first thing to understand is that our behaviors (no matter how frustrating they might be) always make sense when we uncover the underlying story. For example: Let’s say that I’m trying to hold […]
Circumstances
Circumstances I received an email asking about dealing with a circumstance. Here’s my answer: Regardless of the stimulus or the circumstance (no matter how true, real, or justified it seems) – any time that we close our hearts, we lose. Never have I closed my heart and had my life get better. Never. Yes, unpleasant […]
True and Truth
The cost of envy
The cost of envy We cannot have what we envy. Envy is scarcity consciousness. Envy is saying, “that is for other people but not for me.” Instead we ought to be excited for others, celebrate their wins and successes, be happy for them, be grateful that such good exists in our world. Thinking that way […]
Supported???
Supported??? Lots of people have head trash about not being supported. And undoubtedly there are/were specific incidents where they were not supported and specific individuals didn’t support them. However, we are being supported 99.9% of the time. We have so much support in our lives that we take for granted – air, water, food, shelter, […]
Yeah but – how am I going to do that?
Power of Kindness
Power of Kindness Think a minute about the power of kindness and how we have the choice to be kind, to be the deliverers of kindness. We cannot know the numbers for sure but, how many people’s lives might have been turned around if they had only received kindness and understanding. Bullies, violent offenders, murderers, […]