March 3, 2014
Few things, maybe nothing, is more valuable to give up than a grudge. More typically thought to be a gift to the person who violated one’s trust or virtue, to give up a grudge is much more a gift to oneself. Even better, each person is entirely in control of whether...
November 19, 2013
To all those who do not have a deep well of camp songs to draw from, I’m sorry. For the rest of us, sing along with voice at full: “I’ve got joy, joy, joy , joy deep in my heart,YES, deep in my heart, LORD, deep in my heart…” To all those who do have this song in t...
November 11, 2013
Which habit is more like you?
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Driving down the highway and self-talk focuses on the many examples of bad driving that you observe.
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Same highway and your radio/mp3/phone inform you about the unusual, most often negative, events of the day.
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Whichever is you...
September 23, 2013
She’s been living in another country for four years pursuing her passion for painting. Her parents understood the opportunities for growth and financial successes were much better in that far distant location than would be available closer to home. The consequences o...
June 18, 2013
Parable of the Tribes leads beyond guilt - no gain in punishing ourselves with guilt over misshapen past.
If blame must be fixed, then the only alternative to guilt is hostility; the commonness of our problems doesn’t assure cooperation. Nonetheless, promoting our shar...
April 15, 2013
My delicious soup and bread dinner with some of my favorite Saint Andrew friends was strewn with uncomfortable suggestions and thought stretching ideas. It was glorious discomfort and I knew I was fully alive. How can it be, that these seemingly contradictory states...
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