It is often said that you are responsible for your life. Whatever comes of this piece of existence is my accomplishment or my failure. Noted author and speaker, Dr. Wayne Dyer (1940-2015) tells us, “Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It’s not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make: Period!”This is somewhat true, but it is certainly not the whole picture. I think that we must question the totality of this statement. All of us, especially when we are young, are in desperate need of a mentor –someone who can give us a “role model” to pattern our lives on. I must understand how to be me, or at the very least, I must learn how to decipher my gifts. These skills are not innate,though; I must be taught.
Continue reading What should I believe?Just be a bit brave: success will follow.
When I was young, it was still possible to safely “hitchhike” anywhere. It was encouraged among your peers as a respectable form of travel. You could be devoid of a means of transportation, such as a personal car, and yet still be “cool and attractive.” Traveling with female companionship was an added plus, greatly easing the waiting process. The most important feature was your physical stance and the strength and tenacity of your outstretched thumb. A limp and unimaginative thumb, held in a weak and indeterminate manner, slowed the entire conveyance process or “pickup.” If, however, you stood like Vespasian (1) approving or disproving the performance of a fallen gladiator, your wait time significantly decreased.
Continue reading Just be a bit brave: success will follow.Podcast Episode 116: Take your “brand out” in public or on a date and see what happens. This is an important way you will see whether you are presenting your brand correctly or not.
Podcast Episode 115: “The meek shall inherit the earth” is meant to suggest that those who have their power under control shall eventually be the dominant force in society.
Your relationship with joy
What are the beginnings of joy? Joy emanates from the center of me. That being said, how do I achieve joy on a daily basis in a chaotic world? We are compelled to reevaluate the way we perceive reality. Joy itself is elusive and not easily acquired. The very beginning of this concept must be predicated on want: I truly want to be happy, contented, etc. Most of us, however, have grown up in a capitalistic system that is based on consumption. We are virtually pre-programmed to join the ranks of economic slaves and spend most of our lives in useless tasks that make the owners of capital richer and richer, and the working minions forced into a minor economic role, yet continuously trying to save money.
Continue reading Your relationship with joyPodcast Episode 114: No matter what you do or where you go, remember time can never be replaced. So, spend it well! It is your one true, irreplaceable, gift, given only to you.
Podcast Episode 113: Don’t compare yourself to others! Learn to enhance and grow the beauty of you. You cannot radically alter your body. You can, however, greatly improve the mind. In that sense, you have all the tools you need to achieve excellence!
Emotions
From the earliest ages, we are inundated with waves of emotion, doubt, fear, and anxiety. It is as if we are caught in a harrowing maelstrom. It soon becomes self-evident that how we manage this tempest, and the way we protect ourselves from the cold of an emotional winter, dictate the life that we will lead. There are those individuals who experience life not as a distant winter with its apprehension and existential angst (1) but as a blistering summer. These individuals are overwhelmed with a pace and intensity that pulls them in countless directions at once. This is your great friend, with such intelligence and passion that he should be successful and world famous, but in the end succumbs to alcohol, drugs, or bad relationships — and dies at an early age. Such a tragedy!
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