Tag: ego
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Improvement Starts Within
Inspiring Words A Philosopher’s Psychology As a psychotherapist, people come to see me for many reasons. While the problems are as diverse as the people I meet, there is always a common theme. People ultimately want to improve themselves. Why do we have this perpetual need for self-improvement? While the answer is complex and has…
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Siddhartha… Leaving the Shadow of the Family Home
There comes a time in any journey where the newness of life that was brought forth must enter the forest to navigate his or her own path. Shadows are present, which create perilous fears from within. However, as with any emotion, these fears weave a complex web of information created to promote the life journey…
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Gratitude Is…
Inspirational Quote There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein A Depth Psychology Perspective This week, we turn to Einstein to examine the depths of what a grateful attitude can foster within the evolving soul.…
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Monday Meditations: Graciousness in Attitude
Monday Morning Affirmation This week, I affirm to create an attitude of gratitude in all that I do. Dr. Thomas Maples A Depth Psychology Perspective Gratitude is an attitude. It is a position of graciousness lived, an attitude of being thankful for what was and what is at hand, so that we may create the…
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In Requiem of a Dream
Inspirational Quotes The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were. John F. Kennedy Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A…
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Gratitude… To Stand on the Back of Giants
Inspirational Quotes If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton We know what we are, but know not what we may be. William Shakespeare A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Gratitude. It makes the world seem somehow, more humane; wouldn’t you agree? But how do we…
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A Day in the Life… To Realize Self
Inspiration Thoroughly unprepared, we take the step into the afternoon of life. Worse still, we take this step with the false presupposition that our truths and our ideals will serve us as hitherto. But we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the program of life’s morning, for what was great in the morning…
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Be Here… Now!
Inspiration Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. E. M. Forster A Father’s Guide to Wisdom… (Finding Miracles)…
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What Can We Do With a Little Faith?
Inspirational Quotes Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Albert Camus We are here to add what we can to life, not…
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Universal Truths: The Heartbeat of Nature
Inspiration The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell Everything is perfect in the universe – even your desire to improve it. Wayne Dyer A Father’s Guide to Wisdom Universal truths exist. Yet, oftentimes they seem as infinite as there…
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Inspiration: Faith… A Key to Wonder
Inspiration Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. George Herbert Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Khalil Gibran The Philosopher’s Corner Faith is Belief in the unknown. It moves the inner essence of the…
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Inspiration: The Simple Absurdities of Life
Inspiration Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. Oscar Wilde Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius The Philosopher’s Corner Ah… The simple absurdities of life. Got Life? When we do, we dwell on those things that are absent… When we don’t we dwell on…