Today’s insight journey led me to the idea that when we are in pain and experiencing challenging times it is a prime opportunity for us to help others. Just as challenging circumstances affect each of us differently, we each have different approaches to dealing with those challenges. Some of us retreat emotionally and physically into …
Dear Past, I Hope You’re Happy Behind Me…
Today was one of those days when the intricacies of life were not without their unique shades of irony, causing things to feel slightly off kilter, yet on track at the same time. If that is even possible. Well, it must be possible, because that was my day in a nutshell. Without going into a …
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We Want, and then We Want
You know, it’s funny that it is our natural, human inclination to focus with laserlike precision on the very things that we want but don’t have, believe we deserve but have yet to grasp, seek with fervor only to be left empty handed. When we are not in a relationship it seems as though everywhere …
Today’s Gem of Insight #82
Today's insight journey led me to the idea that life really is much easier when we learn from the mistakes that others have made rather than constantly insisting on making our own. While growing up I heard adults say things like “learn from my mistakes” and “pay attention so that you can live a life …