happiness Archives - Randy Gage

Define Your Dash

One of the chestnuts in the self-development space is your “dash.” Meaning the dash between the day you were born and the day you die, that is engraved on your tombstone. The concept speaks to what you do with that dash. If you were on your deathbed and someone asked you what you remember best about your life, I have a hunch it would not be…

Your Place Within Yourself

If you’ve been with me along the journey of this blog, and read most of the more than 9,000 posts, you already know “how” to read it. Newer readers are often confused. They’re always waiting for the upsell, the call to action, or the ideology I’m trying to indoctrinate them with. Those people sometimes come away baffled…

If You Can – You Must

As is often the case, Rumi the poet made an observation, and that observation led me to an epiphany. That epiphany is what led me to tell you in the last post that I would be challenging you to share your talents, blessings and gifts with others. Well, now it’s showtime…

Look for the Miracle

One of the most irritating customs of the human species is our tendency to fall into pity parties at every opportunity. Take me for instance…

What Will You Let the Universe Give You?

As I look around my city, my country and my world, I see a lot of people who are experiencing lack and limitation in their lives. I know that some of them look at me with jealousy, and wonder why I have been blessed with what they have not.

Poverty Sucks

Last post I told you that there is nothing spiritual about poverty. There are millions of mind viruses circulating around the planet implying that it is somehow noble or virtuous to be poor. If you have such a belief even remotely on the fringes of your consciousness, you need to eviscerate it immediately. Let’s be completely certain about this…

The Sin of Poverty

“Poverty is a sin.” Charles Fillmore shocked the religious community when he made that statement decades ago. And people are still shocked, or sometimes even angry, when I affirm this still today. I think these reactions happen because people don’t understand the actual meaning of the word sin. So let’s explore that a little…

Beliefs versus Facts

Why are so many people unhealthy, unhappy, and financially distressed? I think because they are not aware of the distinction between beliefs and facts.

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