“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely” ~ Carl Jung   Do you know the history of Valentine’s Day? On February 14th, St. Valentine’s Day, there is a history celebrated that goes back to 5th century Rome commemorating a Bishop named Valentine. While it’s become a religious tradition, it originated in a pagan ritual where young men’s rite

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. ~ G. K. Chesterton Do you know what the core skills are for successful goal creation?  Here are some clues: Identifying what you want Create action steps for creating it Analyze the results you get Make

There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.  ~ Wm. Shakespeare When you understand that life is one of the most luscious learning experiences, that all you experience comes from how you think, that you can improve the level of what you think about and improve this experience, at this point you become relaxed, in a harmonious

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear. ~ Ruby Dee If you’ve done much driving – and I have in several countries – you’ve encountered safety devices on the roads in one form or another. I heard a story told by Michael Neil about Road Turtles that you might find interesting and you

“All the good, fine, noble, and creative acts of humanity were conceived as a spark in a single human consciousness.” ~ Peter McWilliams Ami Chen Mills-Naim teaches about thought and about human consciousness. She explains that your thinking is like a cup of hot water.  Whatever kind of teabag you put into that water, the water becomes like the tea

If you could begin your life all over again, knowing what you now know, having the experiences that you’ve learned so much from, how might you go about creating yourself so that you could love and accept yourself more fully, enjoy life more fully, and be more successful in your chosen field? We have all asked those critically important questions

The events in our lives are truly numberless, which is why it’s important to start setting priorities. We have memories of many of them, but not all, because of the enormity of their abundance. If you were to categorize every single one of them, you’d find that they fall into several big buckets like: • Disappointments • Expectations • Plans

When you make a promise to someone, you make a commitment to that individual.  You can make this promise in two ways: with full intention of keeping the commitment, or as a way of dismissing glibly with no intention of keeping the commitment. Do you keep your promise? If you keep your promise, you will be seen as one who

It’s been said that there is no such thing as a good person or a bad person. Well, I’d like to say that I think there are only good people, and that some of those good people make bad choices and lead them off the path of what is good. There is a dynamic way of thinking that will help

The sense of striving and competition must surely be inbred or part of our survival mechanism because each of us does it from the earliest days of our lives. I think that moderate competition is an okay idea; severe competition may not be. But what if you only compete with yourself? What would happen, though, if you had been taught