“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been’.” -John Greenleaf Whittier Have you ever said, “I can’t believe I waited so long to…”? Why do you think you did wait? In the end, most of the things you’ve thought about doing probably were worth doing. And there’s far more pain involved with failing to take action and missing an opportunity than in taking the wrong action. Sure, …
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“The size of a man is measured by the size of what makes him angry.” -Anonymous Every fight you’ve ever had has ended the same way. After expressing your anger and disdain for the other person’s point of view, eventually you let go of the need to be right and actually listened to what the other person had to say. You came off your high horse and admitted your part in the fiasco. And, you …
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“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.” -Carlos Castaneda Every June, I perform hypnosis and magic shows for high school drug-free all-nighters. Driving there, I’m often exhausted and resistant. Yet when I hit the stage, I get a surge of happiness and energy that lasts for hours after the show. Where does energy come from? How can we …
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“Awareness is the alchemy that transmutes fear to power, labor to laughter, and anger to love.” -Dr. Steve Taubman I don’t usually take requests…but a wonderful and devoted fan of my work asked if I’d say a few words about my understanding of transmutation; a fascinating power we all possess yet seldom use. I jumped to the task, because this is a topic that lives at the core of my teachings. …
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“The highest form of intelligence is the ability to observe without evaluating.” -Jiddu Krishnamurti One of my Living in the Present attendees recently wrote me about how to overcome the habit of sleeping through his alarm. When the clock is close, he hits the snooze button. When it’s far away, he just covers his ears and ignores it. Even a chorus of multiple alarm clocks won’t get him up. When he finally does arise, …
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