Trusting Instincts

by Merci Gracia | Feb 14, 2016 | Wisdom

We already know the answers to most of the questions that we ponder. But many of us haven’t fully honed our ability to access our wisdom at will. When we’re unsure of what to do, we can quiet our mind and notice the energy in our body. We don’t need...

Experience Experiments

by Merci Gracia | Mar 15, 2015 | Wisdom

Though modern technology makes access to information more available than ever, having an intellectual understanding of something doesn’t confer the same benefits as learning through personal experience. Collecting information makes us entertaining at parties,...

You Can’t ‘Think’ Your Feelings Away

by Merci Gracia | Jan 22, 2015 | Emotional Breakthroughs, Wisdom

There’s only one healthy way to move beyond sadness, anger or despair and that is to feel those feelings. Thinking and talking about them will keep you engaged. Although feelings are indeed caused by the mental function of seeing and interpreting your...

Building Wisdom

by Merci Gracia | Nov 15, 2014 | Wisdom

It’s useful to search for wisdom in the yellowed pages of works by well-known sages. It helps to be informed about perennial truths that are as relevant today as they were hundreds of years ago. But there’s no substitute for wisdom you uncover for yourself. The...

Tolerance Indicates Wisdom

by Merci Gracia | Mar 11, 2014 | Tolerance, Wisdom

When you realize that your viewpoint is inherently limited, the only intelligent response to different perspectives is tolerance. You relax the insistence that only your ideas are worthwhile. You’re more inclined to consider the possibility that the opinions of...

On Good and Bad

by Merci Gracia | Aug 29, 2013 | Acceptance, Grateful, Perception, Wisdom, Yin/Yang

One day a farmer’s horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, the townspeople lamented, “Such bad luck.” The farmer replied, “Maybe!” Two days later, the horse returned bringing three wild horses, “What great fortune!” the...