I used to have a sign pinned up on my wall that read: “Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us. . . It was all about letting go of everything.” Pema Chödrön Feelings and emotions are similar, but they serve very different purposes. A feelingRead more
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Regrets of The Dying
Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who works in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. As she worked with these people she kept hearing the same themes repeated over and over, and so she gathered their dying epiphanies into a book called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. What is interesting isRead more
Two Choices
Pretend that you are looking into two large rooms. The rooms appear identical – the same people, the same relationships, etc. But appearances can be deceiving. If you look carefully, there are important differences. In Room One, everyone operates from ego, much as in our world today. Every relationship in this room is based upon uncertainty and anxiety: “Will they likeRead more
Principles To Live By
By Ross Bishop Occasionally I get asked what principles guide my life. I have a number of them, but I had never collected them in one place until now. I suspect that deeply holding any one of these concepts would probably change your life. These are not in any particular order, except the first three. 1. LOVE EVERYTHING. . .Read more
When Something Happens
OK, something happens – good or bad – it doesn’t matter. In that moment you have a choice – you either hold compassion for the other or dump all over them. Every situation, every moment, presents you with that choice. Notice that I am separating out the content of the event from your feelings about it. You don’t have toRead more