Life Lessons

Articles I share to help build the life I love to live.

The right time to meditate…

Our heavenly bodies create our perception of time. The very fact we are in constant motion hurtling through the universe at 915,000 kph (speed of the Milky Way) is the formula causing our experience of time. Movement over distance is the physical explanation of time but more interestingly is often our esoteric notion of time.…

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Thanks be to…

Fill in your favourite deity, person, place or thing. Gratitude is an attitude and we choose our attitude. No matter how much we think we may not be in control of our feelings we are always in control of our choices. And today, I choose to celebrate life with an attitude of gratitude. I am…

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Reacting to anger is a choice…

Startling but true. That is often how the truth appears. It startles us. The dolphin is captive in a pool. We believe that dolphins are amongst the smartest animals. Imagine if I captured you. Even if I put you in a nice house. Would you be my friend? Would you be content with a life…

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On the road to happiness…

Many years ago I decided to get on top of my own happiness. It started with a simple visit to a therapist. In fact, I was not even the instigator of the visit. I went with a friend who needed support to start therapy. Much to my surprise and his chagrin within two weeks I…

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To do or not to do…

This is not the question and yet for so many so often, it is the occupier of our thoughts, the demander of our attention. Life can be lived in one of two states. Feeling side out or feeling side in. If we chose to live life feeling side in our true nature can be hidden…

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Letting go is easier than we think

Sometimes we get so attached to a particular story in our lives that we believe it is very difficult to let it go. Often the reason for this may be transferring emotions from one issue to another. That is why I was so impresed with the Travolta family decision to let go the prosecution on…

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Today life is beautiful…

Today is just an ordinary day in the life of one man on planet earth. And it is also an extraordinary moment in time because today, like all days, life is beautiful. It is so easy to get caught up in the mundane aspects of our lives. Modern life requires many tasks and requires time…

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In theory, I love you…

There is no way to actually measure the most important things in life. Love, beauty, happiness, enjoyment and even life itself cannot be measured. We can try. We can for example say life is the collection of atoms that create the physical so let’s measure that. We can and do use the power of science…

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Let the sun shine in…

Today regardless of how the sky looks overhead there exists an opportunity for sunshine in our lives. How we create it is our choice but I thought I would share how I am going to do it today. The first thing I notice about sunshine is that it lifts my spirits. In the absence of…

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