There is a lot of folklore about things coming in threes.  Today I received three messages about taking responsibility.  Each message came in a wonderful way. The first was in the daily message from TUT. The next came in the way of a quote printed in my journal which stated you don’t achieve what you...Read More

Oh, it’s that old awareness and perspective thing coming back to haunt us all again. So you want to have kids, yah? Parents beware for what you wish! Harvard researcher, Dr. Daniel Gilbert’s research shows that ‘people with young children living with them are the least happy of all.’ How is that for a Monday...Read More

Dr. Success Challenge thanks to TUT morning message:  Think of an area of your life you feel discomfort.  Things like your lack of follow up and follow through; your vocabulary before a speech; your finances; the condition of your home — either literally, figuratively or both.  Now imagine that area of comfort at 110% of...Read More

I received an email today from my first teacher in the behavioral sciences, Pamela Cole. At the end there was this quote, “Let us be grateful for the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” Marcel Proust Seeds, gardening, planting and transformation have been a part of...Read More

The work of transformation is not about the world getting more peaceful. The work of transformation is about YOU becoming more peaceful regardless of what happens in the world. Then there is the peace of knowing we are all human.  This is what that sounds like: Andrea: You have to describe that story without using shame,...Read More

I once bought a book entitled Living Without Goals just because the title ticked me off so much. The thought of living without goals is so counter intuitive and so alien to me I actually bought the book just to prove the author was wrong. I bought that book 20 years ago. Today I write...Read More

In the category of ‘there are no coincidences”, about a week ago I found myself watching one of the final episodes of Oprah. Although I am a devoted fan, student and teacher of her work, I have not seen a segment on the air date in literally years. I specifically tuned in because I had...Read More

I ended my last post with the sentence… Her guidance during that time did not give me any comfort. I did not grasp that a situation could be terrible but I was still suppose to be doing it. Here is what I should have written: Her guidance during that time did not give me any...Read More

It is my intent to fill in a lot of the story behind the scenes of Don’t Die.  Here is today’s installment. Truth be told I enjoyed my prep day enormously. The book I was reading ended with a passage entitled Do It Anyway. I knew that passage, and I knew it well. It had...Read More