Many years ago, I was speaking to a dear friend of mine, a long time spiritual advisor to me, about a difficult decision I had to make. I could not figure out what the right thing to do was. Neither option in front of me was necessarily better or worse than the other. From an … Continue reading Make A Decision
Every day, we get to choose whether we are going to live better or die faster. While we cannot control all of the external variables of our lives, we can control how we respond to and interact with them. We get to choose how we behave. We do not get to choose the entirety of … Continue reading Choosing Better Or Worse
Will the person you hope to be tomorrow be proud of the decisions you made today? Forethought is a luxury. It means that we have the time, the tools, and the intelligence to be able to consider our lives beyond this moment, beyond the immediate need to survive. It means that, all things considered, we … Continue reading Creating The Future
Making the right decision is easy when you are motivated by the right things. Doing good is not necessarily a natural instinct. Our natural instinct is to do what most immediately benefits us. We are naturally selfish and short-sighted. This is our animal nature. To be human, to be humane, is to behave differently than … Continue reading The Human Decision
There is more to us than our personal history. What we have experienced is only a small part of who we are. It is an even smaller part of who we are meant to be or are capable of becoming. While our experiences inevitably shape our attitudes, opinions, and expectations, they are not the sole … Continue reading Our History Is Not Our Fate
