Surrender is one of the cruxes of a spiritual-religious life. Religion (real religion done right, not religion-lite) is based in this notion of surrendering — accepting the fact that we are not in charge. We get into trouble when we think we are in charge. The two root causes of anger are: 1) not getting

I was asked by the students of the Los Angeles Leadership Academy (where I taught before I moved to Portland, ORE), to be their graduation speaker. The speech I gave was half what you see below and half in Spanish. (Oh, I took out the inside jokes.) Enjoy! When I was asked to be the

This might seem an odd wisdom biscuit topic and I doubt you’ll ever see this spiritual-religious nugget on a bumper sticker. Go ahead and fail. I’m not talking about the 77% Weekly kind of failure where you’re allowed to make 23% mistakes and still receive a passing grade. I’m talking about failing – really going

I was at a holiday party once, where a white elephant gift exchange was taking place. There I learned a great lesson about attachment and greed. If you’ve never been to a white elephant gift exchange, the way it works is everybody brings a wrapped gift and gets a number. When it’s your turn, you

Practice whatever your practice is. But, don’t lose sight of WHY you are practicing it. With love,

As a society, we are never finished. The pace of our world never stops. Instant access to everything 24/7 seems to be our goal. When will we ever be satisfied with what we have? When will we believe that what we have right now is enough? “Even if I fix each and every one of

Do you ever get annoyed when something takes longer than you expected it to? I’m sure you’ve felt this before – we all have – which is why I’d like to share with you the concept of “budgeting for annoyances.” Most of us understand the concept of budgeting. We budget – or know that we

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate. – Jung Today’s article is going be a deep one. Think about the biggest underlying concern you have in your life. I’m not asking about your issue du-jour or something trite that is annoying you. I’m looking for