Tag: Inspirational Quotes
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Your Personal Myth
Positive Motivational Life Thoughts Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Arthur M. Schlesinger How to Create Meaning and Purpose in Your Life with a Personal Myth Do you ever feel like you’re just going through the motions without a real sense of purpose or meaning in your […]
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Purpose… Through Strength, Courage, & Direction
Words of Wisdom “But effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” ~John F. Kennedy A Philosophy of Purpose Purpose knows no bounds. It doesn’t move in any unilateral direction. It does not know left or right, up or down, male or female, black or white, night or day. It only knows right […]
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Finding Purpose
Words of Wisdom As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being. ~ Carl Jung A Philosophy of Purpose What would the field of psychology be without that ever-nagging pull for people to kindle a light from the meaning […]
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Greatness in Responsibility
Words of Wisdom You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill Greatness in Responsibility Where has the responsibility gone? As I see so much screaming about rights, what is right, and privileges people feel entitled to, I cannot help but think, where […]
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Strength of Character
Words of Wisdom Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. — Arnold Schwarzenegger Philosophical Tidbits of Wisdom As a person steps onto the stage, facing those inner daemons that have called to them for countless hours, days, and […]
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Growth Through Solitude
Words of Inspiration Solitude is independence. Hermann Hesse Don’t go through life, grow through life. Eric Butterworth Philosophical Food for Thought To go within. That is the key to independence. So often, we look for meaning on the outside. We yearn to find happiness in the next activity, the next thing of material success, but […]
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The Garden Within
Entering the Secret Garden Carl Jung once said, “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” Often, when we look inside the psyche, we find cold desert nights, where wastelands of unrealized dreams or under-realized potential hold us back from engaging that dream we yearn to see come to fruition. However, this need not be […]
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Family: Link to Our Past… Bridge to Our Future
From where do resolve and inner strength come? Is it a personal blessing received through the genetics we inherit, or is it instilled into us by our parents, loved ones, and the environment we inhabit? Maybe, it is more significant than the simplistic need to split such complex truths into binary constructs such as nature […]
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A Gift of Love… When One Becomes Two
Tending the Depths of the Soul Love is the natural state of the human condition. Even at a quantum level, quarks operate in symbiosis, not in opposition to one another. Some have called this the law of attraction, others have likened it to new wave psychology, but I pose a simple question: What would the […]
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Stellar Grounding
Be Present, Here & Now… Ever wonder where depression comes from? Ever yearn to curb that anxious feeling? Theodore Roosevelt’s words are a definite starting place. You see, it is all about perspectives. Future focus without present grounding equates to an anxious mindset. Past focus without paying heed to the present moment creates that sinking […]
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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 […]
