Plans are beautiful things. They give me structure and help me move forward. But plans are ultimately just that – plans. They’re theoretical constructions, and when my plans meet reality, reality always wins. Today I give thanks for reality. I give thanks for the...
The ideas I hold about myself shape who I am. If I believe that I’m inept, I don’t access the wisdom that lies within me. If I believe I am brilliant, I tend to think more clearly and make better choices. Today I check my ideas about myself. Have I been telling an...
When I mess up, or think I messed up, it’s easy to focus on what I did wrong. But there’s another way. I can turn my attention to all the things that went well in the “disaster.” My strengths, my gifts, my lessons. Then, from this wider, more objective perspective, I...
The next time I think that any person or circumstance is running my life, I pause. Although I may have been caught in the illusion that someone or something else was in control, that’s never the case. No matter what’s going on, I am in charge of my life. There’s only...
There are so many different parts of me. There’s a quiet, serious part. There’s a loving, generous part. There’s a powerful, energetic part. And then there’s that other part. The part I’ve been embarrassed about. The part that I maybe got teased about as a kid, or...
