When you feel yourself running from a challenge, turn around and run into it. Make it a point to do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of ... Read More about Pushing Through Your Resistance
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Living Sustainably
Without sustainable practices and technologies, the future is bleak. A wise person seeks strategies that succeed over time. Whether the issue is the availability of food and water for the ... Read More about Living Sustainably
Agency
Agency is the ability to make choices as an act of will. You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It's called free agency or free will . . . [Sean Covey] Growing up with my mum, ... Read More about Agency
Analyzing and Synthesizing
To analyze is to take apart, to separate cognitively into component parts. To synthesize is to put the parts together, and see the whole. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the ... Read More about Analyzing and Synthesizing
Supporting
Supporting someone emotionally is a way of reassuring them. Sometimes, people need an affirmation like that, for their mental well-being or to continue on a forward path. When someone cares ... Read More about Supporting
Resilience
By nature, humans are resilient. This is a great asset in every season. “Resilience can be defined as the process of adapting well and even growing in the face of adversity, stress, or trauma . . ... Read More about Resilience
Arriving – Leaving; Stimulating – Letting Alone; Holding On – Letting Go
The emerging springtime reminds us that all things have their season: a time to arrive and a time to leave; times to hold on and times to let go; times to act on and times to let alone. Love is why I ... Read More about Arriving – Leaving; Stimulating – Letting Alone; Holding On – Letting Go
Risking, Challenging
To journey as far as we can go – to lead fulfilled and meaningful lives – we must take chances. Though we may fear or be hesitant about venturing onto new ground, wise risk-taking and bold ... Read More about Risking, Challenging
Freedom
We are free when we have the right and the liberty to choose for ourselves. Freedom is among the most highly prized of our values. I do not believe we can have any freedom at all in the ... Read More about Freedom