Acres of Diamonds... you've heard the famous story. A farmer hears tales of diamonds and begins dreaming of vast riches. He sells his farm and hikes off over the horizon. But strangely, the guy with the burning desire and the grand vision ended up disappointed and broke. And the one who just wanted to do some farming got the riches. Was this just another little prank by a mischievous Universe? Or is it possible to get good things with only mild desire -- maybe even a calm indifference?
Posts published in “From belief to daily life”
This section explores how beliefs, values, and spiritual understanding shape everyday life.
Here we focus on how meaning influences the way we live, make choices, relate to others, and face difficulty — not as self-improvement, but as the natural result of living with purpose, clarity, and inner grounding.
Here we focus on how meaning influences the way we live, make choices, relate to others, and face difficulty — not as self-improvement, but as the natural result of living with purpose, clarity, and inner grounding.
It is tempting to retreat to safety and comfort when challenges and difficulties arise. To avoid turning around and abandoning your goals, you must make going forward more compelling then going back.
Self-doubt and fear interfere with our ability to achieve or set goals. Self-doubt and fear are the voices in our head telling us, "You'll never succeed, so why try?" and "who do you think you are?" Self-doubt and fear are also what make us listen to those voices and decide to give up before we get started.
Life happens. It doesn' matter how positive an attitude you have or how balanced and centered you are, there are going to be times when you are knocked down. Ties when your carefully organized life is turned upside down and you get knocked on your rear end. Life happens.
You will no doubt experience serious illness in either yourself or someone close to you. You may be challenged with the loss of a loved one, a divorce or perhaps the loss of a job or any number of situati...
Was Ben Franklin the Inventor of the daily planner? What ever the case you can stand to learn a lot from this great American achiever.
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Have you ever wondered why some people just have it all? It's got NOTHING to do with luck and everything to do with the way you were raised. Find out if YOU were programmed for success...or failure.
Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher said, as far back as the sixth Century BC, "It is in changing that things find purpose." Do you want to change or do you want to keep driving a Volkswagen and pretending it is a Porsche? You are the only person who can make it happen. Read on...