“The will to meaning is the basic motivation for human life.” – Viktor Frankl (Holocaust survivor) A Better Understanding Seeking meaning and purpose is perhaps the singular reason that human beings progress. This is what makes life worth living, as we seek a deeper understanding of ourselves and life, despite its attendant complexities. Even in [...]
“The only thing worth trying when all else fails is again.” Sweet words, but I dare admit, very hard to implement. We all find ourselves in situations that look hopeless, where we feel damned and exploring our options, we find ourselves, much against our will, in ‘Catch 22′ situations. The good news is that a [...]
Guest post by PinkM Well, Pete honored me by asking me to guest post on here. No idea what wisdom is expected, but I’ll do my best to be me. A couple of days ago, I did this post on giving and uplifting others in all I do, and a couple of comments prompted this [...]
Forgiveness is freeing up and putting to better use the energy once consumed by holding grudges, harboring resentments, and nursing unhealed wounds. It is rediscovering the strengths we always had and relocating our limitless capacity to understand and accept other people and ourselves. – Sidney and Suzanne Simon (WisdomQuotes.com) Forgiveness is typically defined as the [...]
The following poem is a lovely reminder of just how awesome we are indeed. Yeah, we are special. Be edified: SPECIAL There is a special place in life that needs my humble skill a certain job I’m meant to do, nobody else can fill The hours are demanding and the pay is not too good [...]
Recently, I downloaded ‘What Do You Want To Do With Your Life?’ by Hans Glint. This eBook is supposedly a “Life Plan to find Your Answer”. In the Preface: “Why do they always tell us that it’s easy and evil to do what we want, and that we need discipline to restrain ourselves? It’s the [...]
Over a decade ago, I stumbled upon the first stanza of the following poem by Madeline Bridges. She is the Associate Dean for Academic Studies and Professor of Music Education in the School of Music at Belmont University. That alone changed my life. It has been a principal source of motivation as I continually seek [...]
Rain Rain epitomizes blessings. It heralds and facilitates growth. Rain renews hope. The song ‘Rain’ by The Corrs is a personal favourite. Consider the following deep lyrics to a really nice song: Be edified: RAIN By The Corrs Going crazy in the middle of the night Slipping, sliding into heavenly bliss… Fallen angel spinning from [...]
Jonathan Haidt Two days ago, I watched (yet again), Jonathan Haidt’s TED Talk about the moral roots of, and the real differences between liberals and conservatives. This talk touched on Ideology and Openness to experience, among other things… After the very informative talk, I sought to find out more about Jonathan Haidt, who is an [...]
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