“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
– Albert Einstein
Do you know the key to creativity?
It rhymes with weed. It produces the oak tree. We often eat it or grind it up for flour. It can mean cause or origination. You guessed it. It is SEED.
Our minds love to associate [...]
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THE KEY TO CREATIVITY
October 9, 2008Do you love yourself?
August 30, 2008“At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.”
– Dr. Paul Tournier
How do you see yourself as unlovable?
Take a few minutes to write down why you perceive yourself to be unlovable. Look at the list and see if you can identify where [...]
Seek your limits and beyond
August 30, 2008“If you’re proactive, you don’t have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.”
– Stephen Covey
Connect with the edge, the unknown, of your experience. Allow this pull towards unexplored territory to take you to new dimensions of yourself. Allow life to touch you in new [...]
Ordinary can be awesome
August 30, 2008“Everything in life can be nourishing. Everything can bless us, but we’ve got to be there for the blessing to occur. Being present with quality is a decision we are invited to make each day.”
– MacRina Wiederkehr
Spirit is not only found in holy places, prayer and meditation, yoga and retreats. It is everywhere — in [...]
The face in the mirror
August 30, 2008“Our inability to see beauty doesn’t suggest in the slightest that beauty is not there. Rather, it suggests that we are not looking carefully enough or with broad enough perspective to see the beauty.”
– Rabbi Harold Kushner
Who are you? You can gaze at your reflection in a mirror but you’re not likely to see your [...]
Follow your own path
August 12, 2008“Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another … The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road [...]
You know the way
June 12, 2008“Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love … and to put its trust in life.”
– Joseph Conrad
How deeply do you trust your own guidance?
Always trust that you know what’s best for you. To move forward in your life, gather information from the “experts,” consider how their advice [...]
How are you sabotaging yourself?
May 28, 2008“If you play it safe in life you’ve decided that you don’t want to grow any more.”
– Shirley Hufstedler
How are you sabotaging your potential for change?
We unconsciously use defence mechanisms to shield us from situations we perceive to be scary or painful. A part of you may want to grow and change, but another part [...]
Life comes with problems
May 27, 2008
“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin — real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on [...]
Three levels of prosperity
May 5, 2008“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.”
– Woody Allen
To become more prosperous, we need to change on at least two levels. First, we must ensure our financial affairs are in order. We need an income that at least covers our expenses. And we need a foundation of habits, tools and skills so [...]
