• The necessary skill

    To reset. Know how to reset, and get better at it. It’s anecessary life skill. A bad hour need not produce a bad day, nor a bad dayproduce a ruined life. You can perpetuate mistakes, failuresand undesired outcomes. You can whine and complain.You can also make changes and move ahead in a betterdirection. It is…

  • The illusion of control

    The illusion of control is seductive, partly because it sometimes works. You make a plan, it succeeds, and your mind considers that evidence that you do have control.   You conveniently forget all the times a similar plan or approach failed.   Sometimes things work out despite us, not because of us. Be self-aware; pull back when…

  • Trust the mystery

    Sometimes we need to sit with the unknown rather than try to resolve it.  Sometimes not knowing is not a problem to fix, but a space to inhabit.  Sometimes trusting the mystery becomes less of a spiritual luxury and more of a survival skill.

  • Be a gracious receiver

    Gracious receiving is recognizing that when you let others give to you it becomes a gift back to them. Resist the temptation to deflect or minimize the gift; it robs people of the joy of giving.

  • Originality

    You do not become smarter by merely parroting whatsomeone else says or puking up responses from searchengines and AI. It takes effort to be original, even whenyou incorporate quotes from others. Do your own work.

  • The operative word

    Focus on what you can control.  The operative word is can.