Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life

Ego, Fear

I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And living an un – self-examined fear based life, tends to lead to narcissism and self-importance.

Addictions, Emotions, Fear, Loss

SOMETIMES  DEMONS HAVE THE LOUDEST VOICES

  I didn’t know Robin Williams. I met him a few times. “How do you do?” No eye contact. He politely turned away. He was not a one on one person; that is well documented. He was most comfortable in front of a crowd, where he could unleash his demons. There they became his friends and retreated from the enemy camp. He could fearlessly bring them out to play where he/they would delight the world.  And he was a fearless performer. Fearless. But… Read More

Bravery, Fear, Hanging In There

Courage doesn’t always roar, sometimes it’s the quiet voice at the end of the day whispering ‘I will try again tomorrow.

Fear, Humor, Letting Go

A GHOST STORY

  I love movies.  Almost any genre except one.  Slasher films. I tend to avoid realistic horror on the silver screen.  I’m a scaredy cat.  Life long member of the “duck down behind the seat in front of you, cover your eyes and wait till the audience stops screaming before you return to an upright position in your seat” club.  It’s a club that needs a shorter name. I am, however, a sucker for a good ghost story. There’s a… Read More

Fear

We make our own monsters, then fear them for what they show us about ourselves.

Action, Clarity, Fear, Freedom, Gratitude, Hanging In There, Trust

LETTING GO VERSUS GIVING UP

  “By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond winning.” “But whatever happened to persistence, perseverance. Tenacity, or just plain CARING a lot? How do you stop caring??!?” Today’s blog is inspired by yesterday’s affirmation and the above response we got from it. It’s a question, a concept, sometimes a conundrum.  It’s one I  find myself facing all the time.… Read More

Fear, Guides, Hanging In There, Living Fully

Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

Fear, Gratitude, Hanging In There

THE WORRY WARRIOR AND THE ZOMBIE ZOO

  One of my favorite movies is “Shaun of the Dead”.  It’s a very funny film written by Edgar Wright & Simon Pegg, also director and star, in that order. There’s a running gag in the film where the lead actors are surrounded by zombies but never see them.  It’s an industrial strength take on the old Abbott and Costello bit where Lou Costello would try to get Bud Abbott to turn around to see the monster. By the time Abbott… Read More

Courage, Faith, Fear, Hanging In There, Living Fully

Let everything happen to you. Beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.

Change, Courage, Fear

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.