Where does one start?  Books? Lectures? Selling everything?  Maybe.  Or we could practice our mindfulness, our philosophy, through our judgments and start to question our emotions, language, and beliefs; reflections.  It’s said that animals become aware when they can recognize themselves in mirrors and just like the animals - our journey can begin when we … Continue reading 497. Our mindfulness journey – one worth taking

A way to set goals and track our progress  A way to figure out what to do today to get us to our someday goal  What’s the one thing I want to achieve someday? And what’s the one thing I can do in the next 5 years to be on track for my someday goal?  … Continue reading 496. The life map – a tool to change your life. 

Like a child that can’t get their hand out a candy jar because they grabbed too much and the opening is too narrow  Drop a few treats and you can pull it out!  What’s a lesson that we could apply?  Don’t set our hearts on too many things.  “We want it all” - work, family … Continue reading 495. We want it all

If we don’t shoot the ball; we’ll never make it.  If we don’t practice, we’ll never make it.  If we don’t try new things, we’ll be stuck.  We never know what can happen if we make the jump. Tasting and tracking

How do you make a sword?  You stick that metal in some hot ass furnace  Beat the shit out of it  Over and over again  Until you get a masterpiece.  The same goes for us  Let’s keep doing our work

Aurelius constantly reminded himself that well-known people before him were quickly forgotten a few years later  No matter how much he did, how much he gave, it’d be like a sandcastle that gets blown away with the wind Alexander the Great, was buried in the same ground as his mule driver  All of our shit … Continue reading 492. What doesn’t matter 

Is there anything good or bad?  No. But thinking makes it so.  Criticism is different if it came from a stranger vs a loved one.  If someone said something behind our back - but we didn’t know - would we care?  It’s our thinking, our reactions that decide if it’s good or bad.  What if … Continue reading 491. The real source of harm – it’s us 

On your birthday, re-evaluate your life - however, you see fit.  No rules or how to’s - just evaluate.  Don’t be so hard on myself  Everyone’s journey is different, unique. Let time play - and real-time - not 5 minutes.  Everyone has some sort of handicap.  We all have to overcome something. Physically, mentally, spiritually, … Continue reading 490. A yearly self-evaluation. 

It’s easy to act - to just dive in. After all, we could say we didn’t know. But who’s fault is that?  It’s harder to stop, pause, and make the decision: I’m not sure I need to do that yet.  It’s easy to give into others or our own ego  Instead - we can wait. … Continue reading 489. We don’t need to say everything, do we? 

It’s not only the goals of wealth and position that control us, but also the desire for peace, leisure, travel, learning…  Is wanting these things bad? No, that's how we strive for things.  But we can’t deny the fact that empty, constant, burning desire is fraught with complications. Because what we desire - it makes … Continue reading 488. Who’s in control here?