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Living And Coping With Regret

July 16, 2009

Part Two of my response to Brian’s question deals with the issue of living with regret. What has taken hold, is that I’ve become sure I will always be sad about losing the family we had and how it’s taken so much from kids. I can’t imagine in any new life, not feeling the weight [...]

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What Is Compassion?

May 8, 2009

I want to add a slight twist after the last couple of posts. In the last post on compassion and depression, I gave my idea of a compassionate response to depression. However as I have pondered on the subject I have begun to think that maybe I’ve been missing something. And I think I might [...]

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Who Owns Anything?

April 28, 2009

I awoke this morning and checking on the latest Twitter updates, I came across a story that outraged lots of people. Here’s the story in a nutshell. A popular blogger wrote an article and in the middle of it quoted someone who said the phrase ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’. He promptly received a threatening [...]

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Why Compassion And Depression Don’t Mix

April 27, 2009

I’m the first to admit that I’m not the most empathic person. And I understand that there is a place for empathy and compassion. In one sense, I’m very compassionate. I care very much that everyone I come into contact with, gets the most from their life.

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Mike Tyson, Bling And The Stress Reduction Challenge

March 20, 2009

Many years back I used to box and was interested in the sport. It was around about that time that Mike Tyson was at his peak. He was incredibly destructive. An immense malevolent presence, who had beaten most opponents before a ounch was ever laid. He fought more often than almost any other Boxer, which [...]

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What Is The End Goal?

February 11, 2009

It’s become apparent to me recently that our vocabulary is woefully inadequate. Increasingly, I have found that essentially I am agreeing with someone, but we use words that are the polar opposite because what we mean by certain terms are very different.

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Ego Management And Integrity

February 9, 2009

I’ve noticed that after I’ve written a post it takes about two or three days before most people have had a chance to read it and comment. Sometimes there’s comments up earlier, but I don’t like to reply to them too soon.

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Heroes, Heroic Actions And Stress Free Living

February 5, 2009

In case you missed it, there’s been a stimulating conversation going on with regard to what makes a Hero. Sometimes I know there’s something that will tie things together, but I just can’t see it until I get other people’s ideas to unify into an underlying concept.

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More About The Ego

June 5, 2008

Some people have asked for clarification about the Ego. Here’s something that hopefully, might make it clearer and more understandable. Imagine that long ago two countries went to war.

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Practising Happiness: Why Is It So Hard To Live What We Know?

May 23, 2008

This post about practicing happiness is the second point raised in Brian’s questions. The question of how to apply what you know. I talked a while back about the 10,000 hour principle. The idea that to become a true expert at something takes 10,000 hours of practice. That’s true in every area of life.