by Merci Gracia | Jun 7, 2015 | Judgments, Understanding
Some people are born into privilege and wealth, while others poverty and misery. We come into this world with varying levels of physical, emotional and mental capabilities. Our biological nature and the kind of the environmental nurturing we receive affect our ability...
by Merci Gracia | Apr 1, 2015 | Truth, Understanding
“I don’t like that man, I must get to know him better.” ~ Abraham Lincoln Do you sometimes make critical snap judgments about others only to find out later that you were way off the mark? That happens because the problems we see in others are often...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 28, 2015 | Understanding
News travels faster than ever before. You can live in absolute peace while hearing constantly about tragedies engulfing other parts of the world. There’s so much information about the bad stuff happening that you might miss the fact that humanity is more...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 12, 2015 | Perception, Understanding
As a man driving his sports car on a mountain road approaches a bend, an oncoming car rounds the corner out of control, intruding into his lane. She serves back just in time to avoid a head-on collision. As she whizzes by, she frantically shakes her arm at him out the...
by Merci Gracia | Dec 24, 2014 | Truth, Understanding
In each moment, you have the option of focusing on any one of ten thousand things. Though you typically keep your attention on what you already ‘know’, it is possible for you to expand your horizons. Instead of merely continuing to fill your mind with...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 24, 2014 | Conscious Co-creating, Understanding
Suffering is an unfortunate fact of life. It’s a result of wanting something you don’t have, having something you don’t want or fear of losing something you love. There is a way to gradually release yourself from the unpleasantness created by craving...