Posted in Hiding From Yourself, Learn, Think, & Decide, Plans & Action on Aug 11th, 2008
The Gatekeeper
Why is it so hard to see the truth about ourselves?
Our desires and fears color everything we think and see.
We’re not completely objective about anything.
But, it’s easier to look at someone else’s situation and see it more clearly, more truly.
Do you ever find yourself going in circles, unable to decide, unable to [...]
Posted in Hiding From Yourself, LifeDreams, Possibility & Personal Growth on Jun 12th, 2008
Living Dreams
I love imagination, passion, and possibility.
Weave them together with a sprinkling of hope.
Dreams of a bright future will fill your heart and mind.
And dreams are the fuel that drives personal growth.
Do you think that you’re too old to dream?
Many people assume that only the young can dream.
Everyone has moments when they are [...]
Posted in Learn, Think, & Decide, Possibility & Personal Growth, Reviews on Apr 24th, 2008
Very few things in this world are one-sided, all good or all bad.
In Part 1 of this series I introduced the idea that the extraordinary human power of choice can lead us into our own personal hell.
Barry Schwartz has written an insightful book on the dark side of choice, called The Paradox of Choice.
I’ve extracted [...]
Posted in Learn, Think, & Decide, Possibility & Personal Growth on Apr 9th, 2008
Do you think that having more choices is good for you?
Choice is critical to the feeling and practice of freedom. Without choice, you would be doing exactly what you’re told to do, every moment of the day.
You’d be following your programming like a machine with no soul.
A kind of pretend choice is where you [...]
Posted in Possibility & Personal Growth on Mar 11th, 2008
The Space of Choice
Houses get dusty, people grow old, machines break, men destroy, and everything that lives dies.
Yet, people build, and plant, and create. Children are born, and the world changes and grows in beautiful, new, and exciting ways.
Both are true.
The world is dying, and the world is growing and unfolding.
Life is full of contradictions.
Which [...]
