Words make a difference. They influence our thoughts, which in turn become our actions. I’ve saved meaningful quotes as a personal practice for many years. It’s interesting to look back over those years and re-read quotes that were meaningful to me at the time. Sometimes, I wince; other times, I asterisk them. I decided to …
The Secret Within: Chapter 11, The Tree That Lives Forever
The Secret Within is a book I’m writing about the art of finding happiness and peace amidst personal difficulties. This is the eleventh installment. Previous installments can be found here. ————————————————————— 11. The Tree That Lives Forever I used to date a girl in high school who believed trees lived forever. This drove me crazy. …
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The Secret Within: Chapter 10, Seeking Union
The Secret Within is a book I’m writing about the art of finding happiness and peace amidst personal difficulties. This is the 10th installment. Previous installments can be found here. ————————————————————— 10: Seeking Union Nothing in the universe exists in isolation. Every element in nature is intricately woven into a larger whole, a framework, an …
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The Secret Within: Chapter 9, The Walk of Life
The Secret Within is a book I’m writing about the art of finding happiness and peace amidst personal difficulties. This is the 9th installment. Previous installments can be found here. Holiday Note: Are you looking for gift ideas for a special friend or family member? Why not get them a copy of my first book? …
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The Secret Within: Chapter 8, A Recipe For A Happy Life
The Secret Within is a book I’m writing about the art of finding happiness and peace amidst personal difficulties. This is the eighth installment. Previous installments can be found here. ———————————————————— 8: A Recipe For a Happy Life. I hate following recipes. Following recipes requires discipline, which takes the joy out of cooking. The best …
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Intermission
This week, I’m pausing the presentation of installments of my new book to comment on leadership and the U.S. Presidential Election. ————————————————————— Leadership and the U.S. Presidential Election America has lost grasp of the meaning of leadership. This concerns me more than the ideologies of the right or left. What does political leadership look like? …
The Secret Within: Chapter 7, Here and Now
The Secret Within is a book I’m writing about the art of finding happiness and peace amidst personal difficulties. This is the Seventh installment. Previous installments can be found here. ————————————————————— 7. Here and Now The 13th-century Dominican theologian and mystic Meister Eckhart wrote: ‘Time is what keeps the light from reaching us.” What did …
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The Secret Within: Chapter 6, Being Curious
The Secret Within is a book I’m writing about the art of finding happiness and peace amidst personal difficulties. This is the Sixth installment. Previous installments can be found here. ————————————————————— 6. Being Curious A persistent theme in this book is Self-transcendence. We become who we think we are. We like to follow a …
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The Secret Within: Chapter 5, Transcending Pain
The Secret Within is a book I’m writing about the art of finding happiness and peace amidst personal difficulties. This week’s installment is part two of The Anatomy of Pain, covered last week and found here. ————————————————————— Chapter 5: Transcending Pain Stop, Accept, and Renew is a practice designed to transcend debilitating emotional pain. Stop …
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The Secret Within: Chapter 4, The Anatomy of Pain
The Secret Within is a book I’m writing about the art of finding happiness and peace amidst personal difficulties. This is the fourth installment. Previous installments can be found here. ————————————————————— 4. The Anatomy of Pain Pain associated with major loss goes through three stages: First, it utterly destroys us. In time, many people develop …
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Towards A Life Well-Lived 