Discernment and Negativity

We all have preferences, but there’s a profound difference between knowing what we don’t like and creating such big stories about it that we diminish the quality of our lives. Discernment and judgment are different. Judgment is a decree that something is...

First Things First

If you’re not enjoying your life, what are you waiting for? Whatever story you’re telling yourself about why you can’t be happy may actually be what’s keeping you from enjoying yourself. Thinking certain outer circumstances are required for...

Identities, Opinions and Brainwashing

What if we didn’t care about being a somebody? What if we were just happy being who we are, soaking in the amazing beauty in the world around us? What if our main focus was to create, learn and simply enjoy the people we love? What if we were free from the...

Taking Care of Business

While you can’t control the precise way in which your actions today will influence your life tomorrow, there will certainly be an impact. From the way you think, eat and move your body, to the way you learn and train, your actions now will inevitably affect your...

How to Avoid Regret

The five most commonly experienced regrets of the dying can shed some light on what to focus on while we’re still living. They wished they: 1) Hadn’t worked so hard; 2) Had stayed in better touch with friends; 3) Had the courage to express their feelings...

Personal Insight

We construct our experience of reality moment by moment. Realizing this helps us understand the importance of dropping our attachment to anything that’s impermanent. This includes almost everything. Once we learn to stop relying on circumstances outside...