Are You Acting Like a Spoiled Child?

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 […]

Are You Hiding From Your Dreams?

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.

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Seven Ways That Choice Makes Your Life Hell, Part 2

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 […]

Seven Ways That Choice Makes Your Life Hell

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 […]

Do You Have The Freedom To Choose?

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.

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