Mar 11
One of the most common issues with adults is that they don’t know what they want, or what they’re passionate about. It is hard to think and dig deep in search of true joy and fulfillment while being dragged down by daily demands and social expectations.
I believe most people have had dreams at some point in their lives. They either gave up or daily living caught them by surprise. I am one of those many. I had a million and one excuses for not thinking about what I desired and went through the motions of what was expected of me.
I kept thinking that I don’t know what I want. In reality we all have desires and ambitions. Growth is a natural part of life.
Don’t think for a second that you don’t have any desires to experience joy and growth. Have you heard of a child who couldn’t imagine or didn’t know what she wanted for Christmas?
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Mar 05
How many times a day do you hear about the need to take action? If you want to get anything done, you have to take action. It is the key to improving any aspect of your life or making your dreams come true.
Motion is not necessarily action.
“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Feb 27
A lot of people feel trapped in a never ending barrage of things to do. Their to-do lists continue to expand regardless of how much gets accomplished. They are scrambling most of the time. A typical example is the working mom who has to get from her work to the kids’ soccer practice, then off to the ballet recital. Back home to cook dinner, ensure the kids do their homework, put the kids to bed and tidy up, then go to bed.
When you stop and think about it, do you really have to do any of that stuff?
One might say I have to provide for my family. I need food and a roof over my head. So I have to work to earn enough money, at least for the basics. After all I have to live.
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Feb 25
There is an innate tendency in us to repeat what we enjoy. Ever observe a child obsessing over the same Disney movie watching it over and over, or doing the same thing more than a hundred times a day just because it is fun?
As adults we tend to lose the enjoyable side of obsession. We associate it with compulsive or unwanted thoughts and emotions. Yet we obsess more than we realize. Our beliefs, desires, fears and attitudes are shaped by habitual thinking and feeling.
We can use this obsessive trait to our advantage. One definition of obsession is: the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
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