We may let go discontent. In all eternity, there is no murmur from any restless heart. In its vast silences how trivial the complaining of our harassed days would sound! In life, I find two things that make for discontent. One is lack of harmony with one’s environment. The other is dissatisfaction with one’s present [...]
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We may drop worry. The eternal life is serene. It is not careworn, nor does it know any foreboding of the future. Can’t we embrace this spirit of serenity and cheer? For only the serene soul is strong. Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat. Worry is an infirmity. There is no [...]
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It is this: We may let go all things which we cannot carry into the eternal life. To me this is a deep truth, and a positive one. Surely it is not worth while for us to cumber our lives with the things which we can grasp at best for but a little [...]
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ONLY One Life to Live! We all want to do our best with it. We all want to make the most of it. How can we get hold of it? How can we accomplish the most with the energies and powers at our command? What is Worthwhile? We all ask ourselves this question. [...]
My son showed everyone a video of a card trick that he was fascinated by. He was continually amazed that the person watching the video always guessed the card that the magician picked. I slowed it down for him. The card that everyone picked was the last one they saw and the one he held [...]
Love is all you need and all that needs to be said.
Reading No Water No Moon, Osho presented the following story: Once it happened, a great prime minister of a very great emperor died. The prime minister was rare, very intelligent, almost wise, very cunning, shrewd, a great diplomat, and it was very difficult to find a substitute. The whole kingdom was searched. All the minsters [...]
Small inspirational stories help you to build a dream (I cleaned it out of my drawer from AdvantEdge, Nightingale-Conant, 2004): When I was researching the history of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge as a major illustration for the ideas of success and motivation, I became engrossed with the story of how the first bridge [...]
In working with successful clients, I have been looking at the two definitions for fulfillment: Webster’s has: Main Entry: ful·fill·ment Variant(s): or ful·fil·ment \fu̇(l)-ˈfil-mənt also fə(l)-\ Function: noun Date: circa 1775 1 : the act or process of fulfilling, which leads to Fulfilling- – Main Entry: ful·fill Variant(s): or ful·fil \fu̇(l)-ˈfil also fə(l)-\ Function: transitive [...]
I was enjoying a Pumpkin Spice latte this morning. The cafe was crowded and every chair was taken. The table beside me was occupied by a portly gentleman and, what seemed to be, his employee. A friend of mine once told me that God wouldn’t let you overhear a conversation unless you were meant to. [...]
