August 2012
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July 2012
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Revelations
All men reveal themselves.
Given enough time and enough trials, there is no heart that can verily be cloaked from the light of awareness. Every dark heart, every mean deed will eventually stand open and be lit by its own rapaciousness somewhere, at some point. Nothing can be hidden forever.
So it is too with good deeds, and good hearts. That which is righteous will also have witnesses and come...
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Create Joy
There is so much sadness in our world lately. Shootings, anger, hate. We all have so many questions for which there are no answers.
The more I ponder, the more I realize there is a simple way each of us can make this world better: Create joy.
Crazy, right? Serious times demand serious answers. If you really think about it, though, joy is a serious answer. You can fight darkness with darkness,...
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What We Think
What we think, we become.
Sounds simplistic. It is simplistic. But it’s true.
Think of yourself as weak, you become weak. Think of yourself as an asshole, you become an asshole. Think of yourself as a frumpy mom, you become a frumpy mom. (Well, that might not work for guys.) Think of yourself as a victim, you become a victim.
Screw that. Think of yourself as something more. A...
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Be Better
Your goal today is simple: Be better.
Be better in thought, in word, in deed.
Be better at what you think, what you say, what you write, what you do.
Your effort doesn’t have to monumentally better than yesterday. PRs don’t happen every day. And if they did? We would be bored, and take them as commonplace. They would no longer be special. No, you just need to be a little bit better....
Fulfilling the dreams of others does not mean that you must deny your own dreams. There is a way to do both — and, when you find that way, you will be amazed at the unending abundance. Then you will know, this is the path you have been searching for all your life. And it will occur to you that you are doing what you were meant to do …
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Lighter
If you don’t believe in magic, you can never see magic.
If you don’t realize you’re lost, you might never be found.
If you think you already know everything, you can never learn anything.
If you think you’re already there, you have no idea how far you could really go.
If you think you are already the best, you can never get better.
Abandon the ties on your own mind....
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Your Choice
“How can I help? What can I do?”
Or
“You got to be f***ing kidding me. You want me to do what?”
Choose your answer. Choose who you are. Choose who you want to be.
Volunteer, or be prodded. Step to the head of the class, or slink down in your chair in the back. Get A’s, or spend your time bellyaching about how you’ve been cheated of those A’s. Spend...
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Swimming Over Her Fears
The woman in the elevator seemed like she needed a hug. I didn’t know her, but I could feel her anxiety: it was almost palpable. So, as the elevator doors closed, I stepped forward and introduced myself to this beautiful, fit, frightened athlete. There were only two of us in that little metal box, descending in the Manhattan Beach Marriot. Her eyes looked moist, but she tried to smile.
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