Most of us have people in our lives in some capacity who have their own agenda and need to tear us down, minimize us, keep us off-balance, make us feel incompetent or small or worthless. They keep us reacting to them, to things that they want, perpetually trying to argue with them, make them see…
DetailsIt’s that time again. My FILDI is reaching out to yours and saying “Let’s start this shit up!” Thank you, Ze Frank.
Take a moment and think about the life you could have if you had the ability to create it. Would there be travel? Would it have a different house? Music? Would there be dancing? Sports? How about friends? Solitude? Community? Conversation? Is there art? Spa settings? Parkour? What do your days look like? Not what…
DetailsHi Everyone. I’d like to introduce someone to you. Well, several someones. You may know a few of these guys, but most of them you’ve never met before and it’s time we got this party started. So here goes: Everyone, I’d like you to meet your feelings. Feelings, here’s everyone. Beginnings are awkward and I…
DetailsWe humans are social creatures. We’re meant to belong in a variety of ways. We have connections to our family of origin and make new ones by marriage and by having children. We create community through our friends and our families of choice. We join groups, meet others who share our interests, have geographic connections…
DetailsIn the 16th century Rabbi Isaac Luria started teaching about the beginnings of the universe. God withdrew itself making a space where there was nothing, therefore something could come into being. Drawing from itself it created urns which it filled with its essence. Unfortunately not all the pots were able to contain such an amount…
Details“Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top…
DetailsIt’s common for people to get stuck in relationships, not because there is anything sticky in the relationship, not because there is any confusion or misunderstandings about it , but because we dwell on “if only.” “If only they would do this….” or “If only we could be like that…” or “If only they wouldn’t…” or…
DetailsLife isn’t black and white, either/or, and how we live shouldn’t be either. We should be practical and fanciful, clear-eyed and dreamy, living in the now but remembering our past and planning for our future. We should be flexible enough to take advantage of opportunities as they arise, incorporating the results into ourselves, then adjusting…
DetailsBruce Lee: Artist of Life (Bruce Lee Library) Bruce Lee writes: After spending many hours meditating and practicing, I gave up and went sailing alone in a junk. On the sea I thought of all my past training and got mad at myself and punched the water! Right then — at that moment — a…
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