The quality of my life is the quality of my relationships. All of them – significant others, friends, coworkers, clients, family. Life is relationships. We seem to define who we are by who loves us. And who’s responsible for making my relationships great? ME!!
#3. Don’t Make Assumptions The Third Agreement from don Miguel Ruiz. Most of the confrontations in our lives happen because one person assumed the wrong thing. When we look back at misunderstandings that we have had in the past, we realize that often the other person didn’t mean it that
The Second Agreement from don Miguel Ruiz. When my partner or friend is having a bad day, chances are it’s not about me. We all live very intricate lives that involve a lot of challenges outside our relationship . When I decide that it’s about me and get hurt, then
Just a moment! All you have to handle is just this moment. You don’t have to change your whole life right now. Just this moment. And make this moment fun. How? Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude… for anything, anyone, right now. That makes this moment much lighter, much easier, much more fun.
When we die and go to the Light, we have a panoramic life review, where we experience every moment of the life that we just lived, but from the perspective of the other person, how we effected them. This is not to be judged or rewarded, but simply so that
All day, to everybody… practice kindness, and you will realize you’re already in heaven now. Philosopher Jack Kerouac wrote these words. You can see it in your life. Every time you show kindness to someone, their heart lights up, they smile, and they show appreciation, which truly is the same
“All the animals, excepting man, know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it.” Samuel Butler, who was a painter, a writer, and a musician, basically an artist in England wrote those words. And I as a fellow artist have observed that that is so true, that we
Why Are We Here? We are created in the Image and Likeness of the Creator, according to every major religion and almost every tribal religion on our planet. This means we have the potential to be everything that the Creator is, all-knowing, all-loving, all-beautiful. But in order for us to
Is Forgiveness Hard For You? My client, we’ll her call Emily, was severely abused physically and sexually as a child. She was not able to forgive her abusers! Emily felt that forgiving them was like saying that what they did was ok. It was not ok! I encouraged Emily to
What’s Your Life’s Purpose? You do best what excites you. What you do best, you share. That best, you’ve been showing others… inspires them, strengthens them, brings out the best in them. Your positive effect on them… THAT is your life’s purpose.