Do you realize that our mind is similar to a garden? I’ve had gardens that I carefully tended, and I’ve had those, that for whatever reason, I left quite unattended. Each of these gardens produced something; a harvest. The gardens I tended produced edible vegetables and colorful flowers. The ones I neglected produced a fine harvest … [Read more…]
Have you ever failed to see an opportunity that lay In plain sight, directly in front of you? Have you ever been amazed and surprised by someone you had judged to be somewhat incompetent or inept, after they had completed a task that you had previously judged them unable to accomplish? Have you ever focused … [Read more…]
Because we human beings live consciously inside a medium called time, we experience everything in life as having a beginning and an ending. We count our age with annual birthdays, and our marriages with annual anniversaries. We evaluate history in units of time: years, decades and centuries. Because that is so, it is inevitable that … [Read more…]
In the book, “The Power of Positive Thinking,” by Norman Vincent Peale, he shares a story of a pole vaulter. On this particular day, he was up for a scholarship. That meant that if he made the vault, like he had made it before, he was going to get an athletic scholarship to college. We … [Read more…]
What are you planting today to harvest tomorrow? Lailah Gifty Akita Let’s ask ourselves, “What am I harvesting in my life? What do I regularly experience? Am I harvesting satisfaction, accomplishment, success, peace of mind, happiness, prosperity? Or, am I harvesting (experiencing) difficulty, challenge, stress, busyness, ill-health?” It’s quite likely that we’re experiencing a desirable harvest in some areas of our … [Read more…]