Our external reality is comprised of many things, including actions and words others do and say to us. Things that happen to us, that we experience through our senses. Our external reality is also made up of our job, our living environment, our life situation. As we grow up and live, our external reality has …
It’s never too late to change course. We might think our circumstances compel us to follow some unchangeable path but as Ralph Waldo Emerson astutely observes, we have choice in our self defining actions. If we find we don’t like the people we’ve become or see ourselves becoming, these states don’t have to be our …
Whether we believe in a higher power or not, this mantra is powerful and effective if taken to heart and applied in our lives. There are of course aspects we simply cannot change about our lives or situations and by living in a state of rejection of those things, peace is elusive. With the things …
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. -Carl Rogers Often, I think we find ourselves so focused and narrow sighted on what we don’t like about ourselves or our situations, we wear a metaphorical blindfold that prevents us from having insight about this state of …
