Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, Nontoxic Positivity, and More
Fear hasn’t caught up with modern life. One of my all-time favorite quotes is from Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Unfortunately, it’s easy to miss the meaning of this statement. It’s a lot deeper than you might realize. In a nutshell, it means fear is often not what it appears to be. Another great quote from Paulo Coelho adds perspective to this statement. This quote, from The Alchemist, is: “Tell your heart
Any and all control comes down to making choices and decisions. Many of the powers that be – specifically political, business, and some spiritual leaders – prefer that you feel disempowered. They want you to believe that you’re powerless, have no control over your life experience whatsoever, and that nobody but them (or their chosen affiliates) can help. This message is spread far and wide and is constantly bombarding you. Nearly every advertisement is offering to sell you goods or
Practicing patience is positive, empowering, and worth the effort. Let me be honest here. I’m not the most patient person there is. In fact, I’m frequently impatient. However, life has taught me the importance of practicing patience. This is a choice, a decision, that you apply frequently. When you’re inherently impatient, like I am, this is extra challenging. Waiting for shit to happen can be infuriating, especially when the wait defies all logic, rhyme, or reason. Still, learning to practice
How you express it is another matter. Let me begin by making it clear that I am not placing blame here mainly because blame is an utterly useless concept. What I am doing is establishing a background to help us connect and understand one another. That said, here’s my story. My parents divorced when I was 5 or 6. This was the late 1970s, before divorce became more normal. As a bright, sensitive child, this impacted me hard. While I
Straight to the point, I’m not going to sugarcoat this. Before my premise hits anyone instantly wrong, please allow me to explain myself. First, and foremost, in no way, shape, or form am I dismissing anyone’s circumstances. The world has gone mad, lots of people are suffering, and your life might be shit right now for any number of reasons. In no way am I dismissing that, your feelings, or you. What I’m on about here is those who accept
Everyone. Everyone needs kindness, compassion, and empathy. Somewhere along the way, a certain sector of our society decided that being kind, compassionate, empathetic, and caring about anyone outside yourself or your immediate circle was a sign of weakness. They took this further and labeled it as being “woke”, like that was a horrid, unacceptable thing. What’s the opposite of awake, or “woke”? Asleep, or unaware. (Or let’s apply the thesaurus here, oblivious, ignorant, and unconscious.) Tell someone who takes umbrage
Every Day Can Be a New Opportunity No matter what’s happening in the world at large, this is true. Sometimes, it feels like all that’s happening in the world is terrible things. Another unthinkable, insane act on the part of the US Government. The latest awful move on the part of Putin and Netanyahu. Friends and family terrified they’ll be targeted, because nothing is certain. When it comes to other people, no matter if they’re remote or close, there is
Venturing into the unknown always comes with challenges. When I had the opportunity to write full time, I took it. In the 5 years that I’ve been walking that path I’ve managed to finish and publish 18 books. I have 1 finished now that I’m editing and am working on another. Additionally, I’ve put out over 780 blog posts. I don’t think anyone can argue that this is a lot of writing. I knew I wanted to be a writer
The choice to live in a world of doom and gloom is yours. Social media is the ultimate distraction. Even science tells us that social media has been specifically designed to grab our attention in unhealthy, addictive ways. On the one hand, social media can be a great way to keep in touch with friends. On the other hand, it’s a deluge of information, outrage, fear, and unchecked consumerism. I think social media is shortening our collective attention span and
Yes. But what that looks like depends on your actions. I write this frequently: The one and only constant in the universe is change. Change is inevitable. It can, will, and does happen. Sometimes it’s so slow that you hardly know it is ongoing, but it is. Other times, it’s so abrupt you can hardly believe what happened. In either case, for the most part, change in and of itself is neither good nor bad. Another thing I write frequently:
