Delightful Serendipity

The need to control everything comes from fear. Wanting life to go the way we think it should and feeling distressed when it doesn’t, takes the enjoyment out of life. Surveying our surroundings and noticing how much of it we didn’t actually create, helps...

Fear vs. Trust

We all want life to go the way we think it should. When it doesn’t, we feel distressed. The desire to control comes from fear that if we don’t control what happens, life won’t be as enjoyable. Ironically, an overactive need to control makes life far...

Control Verses Trust

Feeling stress when life doesn’t go the way we think it should is exhausting. The need for control stems from fear. Surveying our surroundings and acknowledging how much of it we didn’t create helps us to understand that things might actually turn out okay...

Integrity Equals Self-Love

Developing personal integrity is like giving ourselves a big gift. It’s not only a way to gain self-respect, self-actualization is impossible without it. Being honest with ourselves and others and honoring our word, in everything we do, helps to build personal...

The False Self

The narrator in our head constantly judges us and everyone else. It’s not mindful of what we need or want, in fact, it’s not even our own voice. It’s an accumulation of thoughts, opinions and ideas adopted from family, teachers and friends who...

Attachment Begets Suffering

It doesn’t matter how much we try to control what happens, life is going to do its thing. The more attached we are to our opinions, desires, beliefs, relationships or possessions, the more life will provide opportunities to help us learn to let go. Stubbornly...