During my “cowboy” phase, while living in Arizona, I decided to try my hand at rodeo. I made up my mind to do bareback bronc riding. This is where a rider gets on a horse (or bronc) whose only desire is to buck the bronc rider off. With only one hand, the rider hangs on to a […]
Here is a parable of persistence and faith: the story of the Chinese Bamboo tree. This tree is like all trees in that it requires watering and feeding to make it grow. What is unique about the Chinese Bamboo is that for the first year after the seed is planted, there in no apparent growth. […]
[leadplayer_vid id=”5296B9BEC1233″] Take responsibility for your ability to feel grateful now. Realize that nothing outside of you needs to change or be different for you to feel grateful. Have a mantra. Create the habit of repeating a word or phrase to say throughout the day to bring you into present moment awareness. “Be Here Now”, […]
There may be some dead that are grateful aside from Jerry Garcia and the band, but maybe the highest form of gratitude is feeling lucky to be alive. I find it interesting that we only have one day a year dedicated to giving thanks. What if every week we had a Thanksgiving day? (Minus the huge feast, of course.) If you lived 80 years, Thanksgiving […]
Many people think that the practice of saying affirmations is kind of a new agey, hokey thing. (Maybe they saw that affirmation guy on Saturday night live …) However, I think they can be very powerful as a technique for programming your mind for achievement of your goals. I’m no biblical scholar or even an […]
Most of us are interested in “getting it done” but a lot of us lack the motivation. With such tremendous demands on our time and attention, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and paralyzed. Looking back at the end of the day, we wonder, “Where did the day go, and what did I do with it?” I used […]
Let me tell you the story of the 2 boxes. There are 2 boxes that exist in everyone’s life. The 1st box represents a person’s actual limitations. For instance, I will probably never play center for the Los Angeles Lakers. Why? Because I’m not 7 feet tall, and don’t play basketball. See? That’s an actual, […]
There is an allegedly factual account that when the Spanish galleons approached the New World, they were invisible to the Aztec people. When the conquistadors approached the shore with helmets on their heads, they were perceived by Montezuma and his people as gods walking on water. One of the Aztec sages was able to see […]
Self hypnosis is a valuable tool that is really quite easy to use. Here’s an example of how I used self hypnosis in a very unlikely place. I was camping out on Lake Mohave one summer with my brothers. One morning the lake was so smooth, we decided to go water skiing. Now, I’m not […]
I remember some back to school challenges when I started 3rd grade. I was pretty nervous. My teacher was going to be Mrs. O’Brian and I heard that she wasn’t very nice. My mom had taken me to school for the first day of 2nd grade at my new school, but since she now had […]
