Category Archives: Self-Worth

Don’t Be Afraid of Detours

  Last week we talked about Life As a Shared Adventure: Life doesn’t always go smoothly, and it’s a lot more fun when we think of it as an adventure rather than complaining because things aren’t going our way. In … Continue reading

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What Grabs Your Attention? How Can You Harness It Wisely?

Lee Gomes at the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting article the other day: Why We’re Powerless To Resist Grazing On Endless Web Data. Like many headlines, this one exaggerates for the sake of effect, but Gomez does present some … Continue reading

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Keep the Pen Moving

All the greatest and most important problems of life are fundamentally insoluble…. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. This “outgrowth” proved on further investigation to require a new level of consciousness. Some higher or wider interest appeared on … Continue reading

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The Greatest Teachers

And did you find what you wanted in this life even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved. To feel myself beloved on this earth. –Raymond Carver   The Dalai Lama once told a group … Continue reading

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The Art of Listening to Yourself

Yea, Cyn! In her final comment yesterday Cyn wrote: “I don’t want to define my selfworth by the WORK I get done. I just want to BE & enjoy just being me.” That’s why I’m doing an interactive blog rather … Continue reading

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