Consciousness/Thriving

How Close Is Your Reality to Reality?

One of the most fascinating things about life is that each person lives and experiences life through a unique set of filters which create a one-of-a-kind "reality." One's personal world view may or may not bear much resemblance to what is actually…

Finding Your Groove

"Good and quickly seldom meet." -- Anonymous Do you move through space and time too fast, too slow or just right? Do you find yourself rushing about or dragging yourself around? Why is it so important to pay attention to this? When we step…

The Truth About Writer’s Block

I don't choose to experience "writer's block" which I see as simply a matter of faulty perception. It is a mislabeling of a very natural part of the ebb and flow of the writing process. To say "I have writer's block" is to judge a temporary…

Find Out If You Are Holding Yourself Back

It's easy to find lots of excuses for not doing, being and having what we want in our life. Typically, we blame others or the circumstances we find ourselves in. Often, we need look no further than the mirror to discover what is holding us back. Among…

A User’s Guide to Human Consciousness

Human consciousness encompasses the full, complex and multi-dimensional range of our awarenesses, perceptions, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, preferences and desires. It is the basis upon which we make choices and take action in our lives. Whether…

How to Keep Negativity at Arm’s Length

What if we stopped fighting against people and situations we perceive as our enemies. What if we accepted them exactly as they are and as having the right to exist? What if we invested our energy in living, doing and being the change we want,…

The True Face of Prejudice

I happen to think that the singular evil of our time is prejudice. It is from this evil that all other evils grow and multiply. In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: a man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other…

What Does it Mean to Be Your Authentic Self?

  This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. -- Shakespeare   "To thine own self be true." That is about the soundest advice you could get. But, what…

Feeling Isolated and Alone This Holiday Season?

Do you think everyone else is going to have a wonderful Thanksgiving except you? Does it feel like you are the only one who isn't going to be having a warm and fuzzy time? You are not alone! There are so many people who feel alone and isolated…

The Greatest Gift

I have a bowl with the Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, "The greatest gift is a portion of thyself." One day recently, I placed it on my new coffee table. The next morning, I discovered that my obviously gifted cat, Finnegan, had placed his favorite…

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