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The three most difficult things
I’m posting this for me to remember later from the superb book Awareness by Anthony De Mello. “Someone once said, “The three most difficult things for human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for hate; second, including the excluded; third, admitting that you are wrong.””
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The irrational other
Jerry Colonna’s book Reboot explores the emotional baggage we all carry and how we can each use a practice of self-inquiry to sort through it all. While it certainly contains a wealth of helpful approaches and ideas, one concept stuck out in particular for me: the concept of the Irrational Other.
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Two thoughts on happiness
Here are two thoughts on achieving “happiness” that I came across this week: 1. happiness is a side-effect of engaging with life (an engagement which inevitably includes unhappiness), and 2. the common thread between “happy people” seems to be meaningful relationships (which can’t be avoided if you are truly engaging with life). So simple yet…
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Forty-three
Today I turned forty-three years old. One of my favorite quotes is “I don’t know where we are going but I know exactly how to get there” from The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life. I think that sums up the past year pretty well. It’s been a long and challenging trip around the sun and…
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What I learned last week (#62)
Learned last week: The whisky walk, the power of the mind, we don’t teach concentration as exercise (but we should), how to be perfect, and more.
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What I learned last week (#23)
Learned last week: The best advice on how to set goals, how to be happy, and my idea of a good trip.
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What I learned last week (#16)
Learned last week: you have a duty to be happy, the future is a mirrorworld, coldbrew makes everything better, and lots of new music.
