Tag: life

  • Delayed gratification and happiness

    “High performers delay gratification, but not happiness.” – Bob Riding, Design happiness A very successful friend of mine has talked to me at length about delayed gratification. I find hope in the recognition of similarities in our approach to life. There is something deeply satisfying, undeniably exciting about working for a better future, about knowing…

  • Efficiency and Love

    Deeply rooted in the core of each of us, is the desire for love. In this desire we find our true identity, our reason for being, our heart, our soul, our essence. In most of us, our desire for love has been distorted, buried or even purposely brushed under the rug. Pressures of life, careers,…

  • Love and Understanding

    “Understanding and Love are not two separate things, but just one. To develop understanding, you have to practice looking at all living beings with the eyes of compassion. When you understand, you cannot help but Love. And when you Love, you naturally act in a way that can relieve the suffering of people.” -Thich Nhat…

  • Consciousness | Growing, Pain, Healing and Joy

    “We cannot go back. We can only go forward.” -M. Scott Peck, M.D. Here in-lies a bittersweet truth of evolving into consciousness. Once we see, we can never unsee. We can never go back. Find comfort in knowing that ignorance is, in fact, not bliss. Since we cannot go back, we must grow up. Growing…

  • It’s Never Too Late

    “For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope…

  • The Greatest Speech Ever Made | Charlie Chaplin

    This touching, inspiring and sometimes shocking speech is an excerpt from the controversial film, The Great Dictator, by Charlie Chaplin, released in October, 1940. Please enjoy, share and take its timeless messages to heart.