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When Everything Feels Like an Uphill Struggle, Just Think of the View from the Top [Opportunity through Adversity]
About four months ago this subject was addressed in terms of overcoming struggles and defeats - https://www.facebook.com/…/a.398674654054…/438549206733928/…We all experience problems - physical, emotional, societal, etc. – it is how we deal with them that separates...
The Moment of Truth, the Sudden Emergence of a New Insight, Is an Act of Intuition. Arthur Koestler [Intuition and Insight – Part II]
Last week we summed up by saying intuition is more subjective, drawing from personal learning, experiences, and training. Insight comes more from external, objective data. Considering the personal aspect of intuition, it is a bit unsettling when you think about how we...
Always Check with Yourself to See If What You Are Doing Right Now Is Getting You Closer to Where You Want to Be in the Future [Intuition and Insight – Part I]
How do we know, well, anything? Our parents, teachers and others have taught us things directly, other knowledge and wisdom we’ve picked up on our own through trial and error and observation. What about when something just seems to hit us “out of thin air”? Thinking,...
Approach the Start of Each Day with Something in Mind and End the Day with One Word…DONE [Words]
Can one word have power? There are many words that evoke strong emotions and compel behaviour and action, good and bad. We have all heard the saying, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” (Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1939). That sounds like a lot of power…here are a few...
Happiness Is When What You Think, What You Say and What You Do Are in Harmony – Mahatma Ghandi [Feng Shui]
Pronounced “fung shway,” it was formalized over 3,000 years ago in China, though some elements of feng shui practice date back at least 6,000 years. It has been called a pseudo-science (it contains various elements of astronomy, astrology, philosophy and physics), but...
Anxiety Comes Not From Thinking About The Future, But Wanting to Control It [A Matter of Control]
That word prompted the thought, “the good, the bad and the ugly.” Naturally, in evolutionary terms, survival was of prime importance, so the more “control” we had, the better our odds. To that end, as support, we’ve been given the benefit of strong biochemical...