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Cut Your Losses, Be Present to the Good

A few weeks ago, I listened to a podcast with people who have had near-death experiences. All returned to life with a new perspective about what life is about and that the limits to our lifetime are a call to focus on what is important. One of the speakers made an impression on me byContinue reading “Cut Your Losses, Be Present to the Good”

Reward the Good

Appreciating good people (really, really appreciating them) and losing the taste for bad company is a skill you can learn… and practise for the rest of your life. It takes a small adjustment on your part. But this choice determines how you feel about life. It also ensures that you pay attention to what youContinue reading “Reward the Good”

Drop Into Your Dearest Interest

Sometimes you have to do things over and over again, until you are satisfied with the result. But that is never a problem, if you like doing it, if you like the way you spend your time. Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. If you are not good at it but you are veryContinue reading “Drop Into Your Dearest Interest”

Appreciate Good People

Disconnect From Aversion. Connect with Inspiration.

The obsession with The Bad Guy kills, or warps, solution-oriented thinking. You can notice that in politics, in private life, in the way society or a community organizes itself… and in all the glorious ways a person lets go of self-sabotage and starts living. The more energy you spend on a destructive personality who willContinue reading “Disconnect From Aversion. Connect with Inspiration.”

Support Those With a Loving Consciousness

Even the cruel have something to share that is true, well-observed, or thought-provoking. Unfortunately, they also read the approval of one brief conclusion as the approval of their actions. Bending over backwards to prove to them that they are loved too is a tactic that ends up with results that are the opposite of whatContinue reading “Support Those With a Loving Consciousness”