by Merci Gracia | May 20, 2019 | Self-Awareness, Wisdom
Conventional wisdom suggests that exercising compassion rather than critically judging others behavior. Having compassion means exercising sympathy and tolerance toward others. But there’s another path to compassion, which can bring about greater...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 4, 2019 | Wisdom
As we age and mature, we get better at some things and less capable at others. Clinging to the trappings of our youth is sure to cause suffering and lead to unwise choices. No stage of life is better or worse than any other. Full appreciation requires us to find the...
by Merci Gracia | Nov 4, 2018 | Handling Emotions, Wisdom
Meeting anger with anger just makes more angry people. Anger can be a motivating force, but it’s not a wise emotion to act from. The way we respond to others often says more about us than it does them. When we spew disgust or disdain at others for bad behavior,...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 2, 2018 | Wisdom
If you’re worried, stressed or anxious, you probably don’t need advice from someone else. You just need to tap into your own wisdom. It’s the same wisdom that enables you to appreciate sage advice from others. The reason you recognize good advice when you hear...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 7, 2017 | Wisdom
There’s a gap between what we think we know and what we actually know. Most knowledge about people, history and philosophy is second-hand information filtered through the inevitably biased programming of every person who contributed to that information on...
by Merci Gracia | Jul 20, 2016 | Synchronicity, Wisdom
The definition of Magical thinking is attributing a causal or synchronistic relationship between events, which seemingly cannot be justified by reason and observation. It’s used pejoratively by those who consider themselves rational and scientific. Though new...