One recent hot weekend my family and I were checking out the pond at the Santa Anita Botanical Gardens. My youngest daughter, The Rock, started to insist “I want to go swimming!” Back in the car, she became even more insistent. We were on our way to my parents’ house, so I told her “I give you my word that we’ll go swimming in the pool […]
Have you ever heard anybody say “If only I can have this (car, house, relationship, etc…), then I’ll do what I want to do, and then I’ll be (happy, successful, fulfilled etc.)”. Sadly, it seems that all too often people get stuck in “If only…” That’s because it’s not the having or doing that matters. It’s the Being. Got it? Question: Who are […]
(This weeks post is written by Leo Babauta from his blog Zen Habits.) Change can be a difficult thing. Most people want to change their lives, in some way, but find it difficult to either get started or to sustain the change for very long. I’m happy to report that after years of studying it, […]
Ever get the feeling that all you do is work and be responsible? Do the days seem to run into each other because the same thing happens day in and day out? Do you feel “stuck”? Henry David Thoreau said “Most people lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song […]
I’ll never forget the time that I found instant energy. For a while I’d been trying to find the energy to get started on all the things I wanted to do. I’d be sitting in front of the television thinking “If only I could find the energy to get off this couch, my life would be a lot better.” I felt depressed and unmotivated. One day while […]
People tell me Mondays are too busy to read it so I’m changing email delivery to Wednesday. If you catch my blog on Twitter or Facebook you’ll probably get a preview before then.
Pasadena City College will be offering my Self Hypnosis for Success class again for three Saturdays starting June 5, 2010, and continuing on June 12th and 19th from 9 to 10:30 a.m. I’m not sure if I will hold this class again at PCC. So if you’re interested, act now! Go to this link Hypnosis For […]
I hate to admit this to you, but when I was younger and much more foolish, I used to open my door to some pretty unsavory characters. They weren’t even very likable, I just got comfortable having them around. They were familiar and I knew what to expect from them. I didn’t realize until much later how much […]
A number of years ago I did a self-development seminar called the Landmark Forum. It was a life changing experience for me but it’s not for everyone. One of the exercises we did during the seminar was to stand across from another person and look into their eyes for five minutes without saying anything. When […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHMS-db9s0M] Chris Whitley, one of my favorite musical artists, does a cover of an old standard that I really like. The name of the song is “Nature Boy”. (The video above is his version set to images of our soldiers serving overseas. It’s quite moving.) The last line of the song goes like this: “The greatest […]
