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For the mathematically challenged: “the opinions of others is less than your self-worth.” I want to share two experiences about the importance of not listening to the opinions of others The moral is listen to you about your own self-worth. The first experience was when Emmett – around the age of 4 – and I […]

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

I once saw a bumper sticker that read, “Many people want to serve God, but only as advisers.” Do you think your job is to “advise” the universe on how it should function and work better? (If so, how’s that working out?) If we aren’t here to advise God, what is our job? Here’s a