I’ve come to realize lately that we are a people driven to be happy. Religious, spiritual, and secular programs all exist that try to teach us how to be happy all the time. Each program makes promises that if we focus on the positive, fake it till we make it, think happy thoughts, or whatever, we will be as happy Read more…
1. Are you male or female? Female 2. Are you black or white? White 3. Are you a Democrat or a Republican? Neither 4. Are you single or married? Single 5. Are you a college graduate? Yes or No … All too often our identities are boiled down to a simple this or that statement. A statement that rarely captures who we truly are. This Read more…
In the past, we have written about the role of compassion and empathy – the importance of it and how it works. Here is a video that explains the concept even further – short, sweet, and to the point. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAghXHY3Geg] One of the major components of empathy is compassion, and I have loved reading the articles from scholars Read more…
“Our past is what we want it to be.” One thing that has struck me lately in a few conversations I have had, is how much our past can change. Not in the sense that we can build a time machine out of a Delorian. The events themselves are static, but the frames in which we see the past have Read more…
Oogway: My friend, the panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours until you let go of the illusion of control. Shifu: Illusion? Oogway: Yes. [points at peach tree] Oogway: Look at this tree, Shifu: I cannot make it blossom when it suits me nor make it bear fruit before its time. Shifu: But there are things we *can* Read more…
