“Living a good life has more to do with how authentic you live and allowing the consequences of that engagement to flow through your experience.” -Tadayoshi Inoue
Positive Perspectives
Seeing Others, Defining Others
“If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under an illusion about women: they do not read them in a true light: they misapprehend them, both for good and evil: their good woman is a queer thing, half doll, half angel; their bad woman almost always a fiend.” – Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
Positive Perspectives
Deep Listening is Required for Conflict Resolution
“I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.”
– Hermann Hesse, Peter Camenzind
Positive Perspectives
How We Proceed is as Important as Where We Go
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
– Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
Positive Perspectives
Challenging Times Means Deeper Listening
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy
Positive Perspectives / Wellbeing and Mindfulness
Dirty Windows of our Minds
“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.”
– Isaac Asimov
Wellbeing and Mindfulness
A Practice of Silence
You are a part of this wonderful universe. This means that if you are a part of it, then you are the universe. Not in its totality, but you are an essential part of it that makes up its entirety. Every part is needed to make the whole. You can not be extracted from it […]
Positive Perspectives / Wellbeing and Mindfulness
Power of Conscious Thought
“If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence. The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future.” – Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Positive Perspectives / Wellbeing and Mindfulness
Finding the “Root”
“It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.” – Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee’s Wisdom for Daily Living
Positive Perspectives / Wellbeing and Mindfulness
Creating Your Feelings
“Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.” – Leo Tolstoy
Positive Perspectives / Wellbeing and Mindfulness
We Are Feeling Creatures
“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?” – John Lennon