"Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart." - Ralph Waldo Emerson If you take a moment to review the greatest victories in your life, you'll likely notice that they were in large part the product of a focused mind, but more importantly, a flaming heart. The world turns on passion. That said, …
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The Wheel of Change
"Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy." - …
A New Standard
"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."- Ralph Waldo Emerson The moment you become mesmerized by your circumstances is the moment you become powerless in relation to them. Every person on earth is possessed of a vast internal resource, an inexhaustible source …
Mind over Matter
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." - Mark Twain Can you imagine a world free of relatives? I certainly can. A carefree world in which people do not judge or criticize themselves based on relativistic notions that have little to nothing to do with their true, …
Friendship on Purpose
"A friend to all is a friend to none." - Aristotle You no doubt have friends of many stripes, a few qualifying as "close," a larger group more appropriately described as being "acquaintances" and the majority probably being somewhere in between. It can be a useful exercise on occasion to review the list of those …
Split Loyalties
When you associate with the truth in all areas of your living, there is no need to dissemble for the truth of who you are is sufficient unto the day. It pains me to watch my fellows crawl through life on their hands and knees in the desperate and hopeless attempt to create an appearance …
The Road to Truth
"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast." ~ Leonardo da Vinci The oscillation between theory and practice is fundamental to effective living. There are underlying principles behind all that is and each thing has a discoverable and …
Set Free
The basic principles about which I write on a daily basis are only valuable and meaningful to the degree that you put them into specific practice in your living. I try to describe them in a way that encourages you to test them, that is, to see if they are of truth or not and …
Focus
If you are desirous of living a generative life, one that ends with the feeling of a mission accomplished rather than of a disappointing failure, you must develop the ability to focus your physical, mental and emotional attention. The three levels are focused independently, yet the three are connected like lenses within lenses. As such, …
Calm, Forward, Straight
As a living, breathing human being, you are an animate creature, capable of orienting in, being motivated by and coloring your expression with a wide variety of spirits. The spirit which compels or dominates your expression in any given moment gives evidence to the true centering of your heart, regardless of what you believe mentally …
Gregory Hake 