We cannot live a meaningful life while also expecting everyone to like us. It simply will not happen. If we are attempting to be ourselves, to fulfill our potential, and to live a life in accordance with our truth, someone, somewhere will look down on us. Someone, somewhere will have something bad to say about…
Tag: transcendence
Fear Of Change Is The Fear Of Loss
Fear makes us perceive the potential for change as the inevitability of loss. Fear is a thief. It steals opportunity, growth, and relationships. It tells us that, if we will lose control, we will lose everything. It lies to us by saying that, if only everything stays how we think we want it, all will…
Changing Our Story (From Victim To Hero)
Our feelings are ours alone and it is up to us to change the narrative. Unless someone causes us some kind of direct physical harm, most likely the way that we feel about the actions of others toward us, good or bad, is more a matter of the story we tell ourselves about who we…
Be The Relational Variable
Every moment is an opportunity to change our fate. Simply because we have experienced something painful or traumatizing in a specific circumstance or relationship does not mean that every circumstance or relationship that resembles that experience will result in the same pain or trauma. But, we also cannot hope for things to be different on…
Offering Is An Act of Courage
“The opposite of scarcity is not abundance; the opposite of scarcity is simply enough. Empathy is not finite, and compassion is not a pizza with eight slices. When you practice empathy and compassion with someone, there is not less of these qualities to go around. There’s more. Love is the last thing we need to…