From time to time, we all experience the fear that we do not or can not know our life’s purpose. Our purpose has already been laid out for us, however. We have been told to love God with all of our hearts, souls, and minds, and to love each other as ourselves. But, as simple…
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Our Deepest Fear
Our deepest fear is that, if we let down our guard, if we drop the facade of our ego, and open up our hearts to the love of God, that it will not be there to greet and comfort us when we do. We fear that, on the other side of vulnerability, we will find…
Who Gets The Credit
Our ego is like a built in pressure relief valve for when we start to think of ourselves as being more spiritual, moral, or virtuous than others. Just as we begin to think we are doing great, that we are really making progress, our ego rears its ugly head and shatters our illusions of righteousness. …
On Relationships And Compromise
We should remain flexible in our attitudes, but not in our standards. Compromise is a necessary facet of human existence. No matter how strongly we believe something, if we want to get along with others, we will have to make concessions for the sake of our relationships. An attitude of rigidity rarely serves the greater…
You Are Doing Too Much
“It’s not what you aren’t doing, but what you are doing that’s wrong.” —Joe Sheya One of the criticisms I heard most often from my first martial art teacher was that I was doing too much. I was complicating the techniques that, in his mind, were actually quite simple, by doing a lot of unnecessary…