When you get older and you are ready, your ancestors will show up to guide you. — Joe Coyhis We kid ourselves when we think we are too old to learn anything new. When I was young most of my real learning experiences involved learning something the hard way. I also thought I was indestructible, which…
Understanding
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ~~ Carl Jung Even those people who support Donald Trump I assume, at times, are irritated at his behavior. (I have to assume, I don’t know any.) I also use him as an example because everyone can relate, and after all he…
Coveat
Before I start today’s meditation here is one more about happiness: “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. — Martha Washington I remember to this day when my neighbor and best friend in Memphis, Bill Wagner, got a new Schwinn three-speed. My old…
Open Up Your Heart
I think I have written before that my Yoga instructor is constantly encouraging me to “open up my heart.” She is encouraging me to throw back my back and open up my chest. A computer keyboard encourages one to hunch, and she is trying to get me to stretch the muscles of my chest…
Happiness
“Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.” –Norman Vincent Peale “Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.” — William James People send me all the time their favorite quotes.…