Opinions and Humility

by | Nov 14, 2016 | Control

It’s an oddity of human behavior that we think our own point of view is somehow unbiased and universally valid. We think our lack of prejudice is obvious. Unfortunately, thoughts that are reasonable to us take on different meaning when examined through somebody...

Control Verses Trust

by | Dec 29, 2015 | Allow What Is to Be

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...

Jealousy

by | Apr 13, 2015 | Authenticity, Love

Jealousy comes from fear. When we’re afraid, we try to manage the situation by exerting control over it. But even if we could puppeteer the ‘object of our desire’, fears would still persist. Maintaining a death grip on the countless factors necessary...

What Are You Consenting to?

by | Dec 17, 2014 | Choices

The events and experiences that fill your life result from choices you’ve made. Whether or not those choices are conscious, everybody ends up spending some time enduring things they’d prefer not to. It’s liberating to remember that you have control...

Control Yourself

by | Sep 26, 2014 | Control

Trying to control others when you think they need your help rarely produces the results you desire. When you communicate your lack of faith in them, it actually reduces their effectiveness. Besides, your desire to control could be the result of your own fear....