The more technology shrinks and connects our world, the more we are confronted with challenges that we have to deal with, almost on a daily basis. As I watch it all unfold, I will be inspired from time to time, to focus attention on and share with you how my Radical Living Strategies can help all of us meet our challenges with greater ease and compassion. My hope is that these offerings give you the insight you need to create the peaceful, fulfilling life you desire.
Last week I wrote about the importance of having boundaries. This week, we explore the downside of NOT setting boundaries. Actually, this is more or less the same thing since there is absolutely no upside. It’s all bad.
Victimland is heavily populated with people who have never drawn a line in the sand that says, . . .
Do you even know where the line is?
At what point do you say, “This does not work for me and I won’t put up with it?”
Or better still, if you are in the process of creating a new relationship, “Here’s what would not work for me and, if it . . .
Men, assuming you said all the right things at the Thanksgiving dinner table, gave the right kind of Christmas gift to your partner this year, and made the right noises about keeping your New Year’s resolutions, you did good.
But don’t breathe too easily yet. The far bigger danger point is yet to come. Valentine’s . . .
Can there be anyone on the planet not avidly devouring Downton Abbey episode by episode? Is there a single human being who doesn’t adore Maggie Smith as Violet, the Dowager Countess? Julian Fellowes has, after all, given her most of the good lines.
In the episode I watched Monday night, she addressed one of those . . .
If you’ve already started making resolutions for the New Year – STOP. Better yet, if you haven’t begun, don’t start – yet. Let’s think about it first. You need a strategy if you don’t want to be among the 92% who fail miserably to achieve them. (According to research by the University of Scranton, . . .
In a moving tribute to Nelson Mandela, Maya Angelou (see below) made the point that courage is the greatest of human virtues on which all the others rest, including forgiveness. It was Mandela’s incredible courage that enabled him to choose forgiveness over the need to get revenge for all that he, and all blacks . . .
This will be my last message this year. You deserve a break and so do I. It’s been a very busy year, and I appreciate you hanging in there with me. If you have clicked through on the majority of my messages, I really do thank you for your loyalty and hope they . . .
I am no scholar on religion, but I always assumed that all the major religions of the world embraced forgiveness as one of the highest virtues to which all humans should aspire, along with mercy, tolerance and love. Apparently this is not so.
Robert Perry, one of the foremost authorities on A Course In Miracles, . . .
Is your adrenaline pumping? Heart racing? Looking fear in the face and thinking you might not make it?
Yes, it’s true, the ghosts and goblins of Halloween are harbingers of things to come: The Holidays. If you are dreading the upcoming visits with your extended family, the good news is you still have time to . . .
If your soul’s purpose in being on this earth plane is to experience separation in a wide variety of forms in order to really get what Oneness is, where better to begin than with yourself? How about you first create a strong sense of self, and then take a hammer and chisel to it . . .
