Category: Success

finding yourself

Seeking Meaning and Finding Yourself

I expressed my doubt about the wisdom of attempting to discover who you are through the pathway of organized religion.  If you took that route and it worked for you, I couldn’t be happier for you.  But for most of the people attempting it, they don’t discover themselves, but instead end up, submerging themselves.
afterlife

Is There Life After Death?

Who am I?What is the ego?Is ego evil?What is the thing called self?I find it ironic that so many people know about and understand the blockchain, quasars, nuclear fusion and cloning animals – but don’t know who they are.
managing money

Managing Your Money

If someone offered you an extraordinary business opportunity, could you come up with $5,000 to do it?  Do you always carry a few hundred dollars (or euros, pounds or whatever) of folding money around with you in case of emergency?  If you needed $1,000 tonight for a hospital bill, could you handle it, or would you have to do an Easter egg hunt for it?
beliefs

Beliefs and the Fear of Changing Them

When you have a belief disproven, it destroys the happy, convenient, and comfortable narrative you’ve told yourself. 
difficulty

The Value of Difficulty

One of the most insightful realizations you’ll ever have is when you understand that not all things have a shortcut or hack – and that this state is good.
victimhood

Hanging onto Victimhood

Last post I wrote about how hard you have to work to remain broke.  A recent natural disaster demonstrated this in a different way.
poverty

Working Hard to Stay Broke

If you live in the first world, you have to work really hard to remain poor.  (Which often infuriates people when I say that.)
judging people

Prejudging People

She doesn’t accept insurance.  Or credit cards.  When she came out to greet me, she was barefoot.  Which isn’t surprising now, since she appears to work that way every day.  Oh and one other thing:  She is one of the most amazing healers I have ever met.