When the weight of the world is upon your shoulders and you find yourself on the brink of despair, you must take great care to remember that the greater forces in life are love, truth and life and not hate, lies and death. At such times the temptation to deny or betray that which you …
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Extra Mile
I've been thinking a lot about what it means to go the extra mile lately, and have come to the conclusion that its true meaning is quite far from the most common interpretations. The phrase is usually used to describe someone who goes out of his way in service of another or someone who makes …
Truth of the Matter
I'd like to clear up a common misconception about truth. There are no ugly truths. The truth is always beautiful and beautifying. People occasionally mistake facts for the truth, but truth is not temporal or fleeting. Truth is eternal and absolute. There may be ugly facts or grim circumstances, but the truth of the matter is …
Suppleness in Heart, Mind and Body
A number of you asked me to elaborate upon the following statement in yesterday's post: When you deliberately cultivate suppleness in heart, mind and body – the order is important! – you choose life. To begin with, why is the order important? Western culture places undue emphasis on the perfection of the mind and body …
Disciple of Life
"Men are born soft and supple; dead they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and …
It is in me
“What I'm looking for is not out there, it is in me.” - Helen Keller One of the most central, pivotal realizations that anyone can have is that self - your innermost identity - cannot be defined from the outside-in. You won't find it in the opinions or desires of others, neither will you find …
Laws of Creation
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within …
Your Words
I was thumbing through some Sumerian texts over the weekend and came across the following words of wisdom from Šuppurag to his son, Ziusudra, who was listed as the last king of Sumer before the deluge: You should not speak improperly; later it will lay a trap for you. I hadn't thought about it this …
Balance
The constant drive pattern so popular in Western culture today is now in overdrive. The obsession for innovation and forward movement is nearly universal. Our future depends on it, we're told, but does it? While I cannot speak for everyone on this topic, I know in my own experience that failing to occasionally slow down, take …
Understanding
A simple thought for you today: If you seek always to apply your heart to understanding - no matter how uncomfortable not yet knowing may be - you'll move quickly along the way.
Gregory Hake 