Monthly Archives: August 2007
Focus on You
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving,
and that’s your own self.”
Aldous Huxley
She wanted to help her son.
She wanted to fix what was wrong, and as she had always done, make it all better.
She wanted to protect him.
She wanted to save him.
But, he didn’t want saving and that broke [...]
However long we are here…
“You can’t do anything about the length of your life,
but you can do something about its width and depth.”
Evan Esar
Read this quote…
Read it again…
And then, read it one more time.
Great news, isn’t it?!
You don’t get to control it all, but you get to decide a lot…
How are you living?
How gracefully are you navigating your daily [...]
You are the sun…
“Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand.
The sun’s rays do not burn until brought in to focus.”
Alexander Graham Bell
How many of us live our lives feeling:
Scattered?
Rushed?
Stretched?
Distracted?
Overextended?
Unfocused?
We are constantly “doing,” yet seem to get nothing done!
This state of distraction has become the new version of what it means to be successful.
You must be important [...]
If you wish…
“If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate,
become loving and compassionate yourself.
If you wish to diminish fear in the world,
diminish your own.
These are the gifts you can give.”
Gary Zukav
I recently had an interesting conversation with a mother that was very upset
over “the state of the world,” and what that meant in the future [...]


