The way to change MYSELF

Many people have ideas on how others should change; few people have ideas on how they should change. Leo Tolstoy There is plenty of free advice floating around, most of it liberally dished out by ordinary folks who believe they have a solution to everyone else’s problem. Sadly in most cases if the problem is [...]

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How to attain peace of mind

Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. Lin Yutang I have been beseeched by inquiries from well meaning friends as to why I have not been consistently updating my posts as I was doing  through 2010. I do plead guilty of being a tad lethargic but more importantly [...]

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Nothing permanent

Nothing in this world is permanent. German proverb This is both a sobering thought and an alluring one for it encapsulates life itself.  History is witness to the rise and fall of not just the Roman empire but many a kingdom and dynasty and therein lies a tale of both grandiose successes and devastating defeats [...]

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The process of change

When you’re through changing, you’re through.  Bruce Barton While it is well know that change is the only constant in this world, the process of change and its influence are never really understood much less appreciated.  The trouble with change is that sometimes it creeps up with little warning and before we know it, he [...]

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Coping with adjustments

There are things I can’t force.  I must adjust. C.M. Ward Life rarely goes the way we plan it out and never goes the way we would like it to go.  This unpredictability of life is what enriches our living because each day comes with its fresh bouquet of roses and of course each rose [...]

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Be unreasonable and…

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”George Bernard Shaw Look around you and you will easily identify a number of people who have a mind of their own, have their own pet beliefs and [...]

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The friends paradox

It is easier to visit friends than to live with them. Chinese proverb To really understand the significance of the above quote, ask a married couple one year after their marriage about their highs and lows and new discoveries about one another. Both will have very nice things to say about the other, but slowly [...]

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Taking risks

Take calculated risks.  That is quite different from being rash. General George S. Patton None of us can ever lead a risk free life. The reality is that at every turn we encounter a measure of risk but very often the quantum of risk is too minuscule for us to be aware of it. There [...]

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Growing by overcoming our weakness

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness.  Jean Vanier As long as we are blind to the reality of where we can improve, our growth will remain stunted. It is only when we know where we are weak that we can begin to make a focused effort to overcome that weakness. It [...]

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Courage to change

There is nobody who totally lacks the courage to change. Rollo May The critical phase in change is that inflection point when we pick up courage to follow our hearts whisper which has turned into a shout. The problem is, much as we realize with each passing day that we need to change tracks, we [...]

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