Mind Training For Happiness

September 13, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

Mind training for happiness the Dalai Lama says is the most important path we should be seeking. I’m revisiting a former read, ‘The Art of Happiness’ by the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler. Much like so many great books I’ve read the second time around it seems to offer insights deeper and much more vast […]

Set Yourself Free: Expect Nothing

December 15, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

If there is one truth after many years of contemplation and soul searching, this is it. One should expect nothing. This is the only way to contentment and liberation of the mind. As humans we yearn for everything. We want so much. Our desires may even be insatiable. On every level of life we want […]

Positive Vibes Only

December 2, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Why is it that something so simple is made so complex by us simple humans? Positivity breeds positivity. When we behave in a kind, gentle and positive way people respond in the same way. Every action has a reaction. The world is made up of matter, atoms and energy. That’s it. There is nothing else […]

The Greatest Advice I Was Ever Given

September 4, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

The greatest advice I was ever given was not a sweet sentence meant to ease life. The greatest advice I was ever given were not soft spoken words that were easy to digest. The greatest advice I was given and when I say I great I mean the best advice I was given that would […]

Another Sunday Spent In Reflection

July 27, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

As the clock ticks minute to minute, hour by hour, the days turn into nights, then weeks and months and inevitably years we are reminded of how quickly time goes by. When I was younger I remember older people telling me it would only go by even quicker as I got older. Now I find […]

Positive Affirmations

July 1, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Positive affirmations work. Napoleon Hill said it best in his best seller written several decades ago, ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’. It’s real. You become what you think. When we are pessimistic and think negative thoughts we draw negativity to us. We truly to attract what we fear. When we think positive thoughts we draw […]

Breaking The Habit Of Being Yourself

May 30, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Retraining your brain. Yes we can indeed retrain our minds. Unless you are unable to function completely and wholeheartedly mentally you can retrain your brain. We all live in our heads or spend a considerable amount of time there. Generally more time than we should. We get going in our minds about that little issue, […]