The real tragedy is the tragedy of a man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort, who never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature. To lie down and moan and whine about limited opportunities is the part of weaklings. To grasp the opportunities at …
Refinement is rightly an inside-out process. It is the process by which the light inside of you shines outwardly into the world. It is the revelation of the wonderful One within you. Refinement is the means by which the “heaven” of your being is revealed through the “earth” of your outer capacities of body, mind …
The Oak by Alfred Lord Tennyson Live thy Life, Young and old, Like yon oak, Bright in spring, Living gold; Summer-rich Then; and then Autumn-changed Soberer-hued Gold again. All his leaves Fall'n at length, Look, he stands, Trunk and bough Naked strength. I remember when as a young man I used to wish that I …
You have likely heard it said that man is fundamentally flawed or evil, born stained by original sin and in need of redemption as it is often put in the Abrahamic religions, or under the necessity of learning lessons to achieve enlightenment in the Eastern religions. But I say unto you that man is at …
One of the challenges I most enjoy as a manager is the need to inspire others to see that the quotidian need not be mundane. Circumstances are not inherently boring, tedious or commonplace. Those names are given to them by people who encounter them in the garden of life. Two people might view the same …
A new Pew Research Center study reveal that on any given day 53% of young people aged 18-29 say they go online for no identifiable reason except to have fun or pass time. This significant percentage was not limited to the younger generations, in fact 37% of adults aged 30-49 and 27% of those aged …
"Every step in the progress of the world has been a new “control.” It has been escaping from the tyranny of a fact, to the understanding and mastery of that fact. For ages man looked in terror at the lightning flash; today he has begun to understand it as electricity, a force he has mastered …
My youngest son (4 years old) passed the weight test to climb the 24 foot rock wall at the Atlanta Zoo (40 lb. minimum) the day before yesterday and he made a bee line for the top, rang the bell and belayed down. He never hesitated, he remained focused on the goal and he never …
Continue reading Be Ye Therefore Perfect. Seriously? Seriously.
"A well-spent day brings happy sleep." ~Leonardo DaVinci To me a day well-spent is a day where every little detail is handled to perfection or as close to it as possible. Rather than starting the day under the weight and shadow of the mantra "nobody's perfect" why not open the day with a mind and …
The French have a saying: "Qui trop embrasse, mal etreint" which means, "he who embraces too much, has a weak grasp." What does it take to move from being a "Jack of all trades, master of none" to being a master of all trades? While there is value in have a breadth of skills and knowledge, …
Gregory Hake 