Post Written By Eugene Morgan No one has the perfect body or perfect personality. When it comes to our self-image we will always find something about our body that we dislike, especially when the body begins to show signs of aging. The good news is that we’re not alone; we all dislike something about our […]
Month: August 2013
Finding Another Way Of Thinking
Post Written By Eugene Morgan For us to get around or through a problem, we must find another way of thinking. If our conclusions are dead ends, then it is time to revamp the way we’re thinking about the problem. We need to re-educate ourselves by looking at the problem with a new entry point. […]
When Do We Start
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Have we really started on what we set out to do? Or are we still thinking about what are the next steps? How long do we continue thinking about what’s the next thing to do? If we just set up an agenda for the week and make it our goal […]
Go With The Flow
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Sometimes, we got to go with flow instead of resisting. Sometimes, we resist because we don’t want to deal with uncomfortable feelings. Sometimes, we resist because we feel uncomfortable going into unfamiliar territory. Sometimes, we resist because we feel uncertain about ourselves. Sometimes, we resist because we want to know […]
Understanding Is Our Reward For Learning
Post Written By Eugene Morgan For us to understand, we must be willing to learn. As long as we’re alive, we will continue to learn about something. There are things we choose not to learn, because we think it is too difficult to learn. Most of what we’ve learned was difficult at first to comprehend, […]
Expectation Rules
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We all can expect ourselves to do something. Expectation is a part of everyday life. When we fall asleep, we expect to wake up the next morning. We expect to put one foot in front of the other. When we sit in a chair, we expect to stand. When we […]
Plan, Then Execute Intelligently
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The idle mind knows not what it wants.” ~Ennius In other words the idle mind is basically daydreaming and not really consciously thinking about what to do next. We ought to deliberately think about our next course of action. Our mind is what moves our body and not our feelings. […]
The Right Direction
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.” ― Gautama Buddha Sometimes we find ourselves lost in our distractions that we walk in a circular fashion because we don’t have purpose and/or goal in mind. Purpose can mean placing meaning into the […]
Don’t Stop, Persist
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We don’t have to stop, when things get harder. It is all right to be persistent even if we’re alone in our struggle. Being persistent means that we will never give up. We all have seen plants grow through hard soil and even through concrete. The plants were persistent in […]
Reorientation, Changes Us Not Things
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It is good to get away from the same routine. Traveling a distance is one the best ways to clear our mind. While we’re away from home, we develop a new routine. Developing a new routine require us to make adjustments to our behaviors to accommodate our new surroundings. With […]
Grows It Beneath Our Feet
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” – James Openheim Why not plant the seeds and attend to it daily to make sure it is getting enough sun and water? Happiness is possible when our attention is on what we’re doing now. […]
It Is Our Choice, Fight or Flight
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We do one of two things; we either fight or flight, when it comes to self-preservation. When we have self-doubts and/or trepidations, and, when it comes to making a change in our lives, we can either choose fight or flight. If our choice is flight for our self-preservation, we will […]
Asking A Foolish Questions, Saves Time
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question is a fool forever.” ~ Chinese Proverb Why not feel a little stupid when we don’t know. For us to get ahead it is better to feel foolish now when asking a […]
Creativity and Choices
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Creativity is another opportunity to have more choices in one’s life. Creativity is thinking differently than before. Creativity is revelation to something that we don’t know about. Creativity is the result of our imagination. Imagination is the expression of our creativity. Creativity is permissible. Creativity is without judgments. Creativity is […]
Past Wrongs
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.” ― Gautama Buddha Our memories are made from our experiences. It is how we respond to our past experiences that are important. Instead of burdening our minds with past wrongs, we can put the past wrongs in a reasonable […]
All That We Are
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “All that we are is a result of what we have thought” ― Gautama Buddha Our thinking is the result of our personality. We express our personality through our thoughts. It’s through our thoughts we express our feelings. We have a conscious and an unconscious mind. Consciously, we can only see in […]
Are You Unable Or Are You Able?
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “He is able who thinks he is able.” ― Gautama Buddha In order words, if we think we’re unable, then we will demonstrate this in our action. We will quickly dismiss without considering the possibility that we may be able to do something we might want to accomplish in our live. […]
Getting Unstuck
Post Written By Eugene Morgan When things aren’t going the way we want them to go, we get frustrated and feel stuck. When we get frustrated and feel stuck, it is time to look inside us for resources to get unstuck. It is time to utilize what we already have for things to start changing. […]
Positive Thoughts
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We all have thoughts coming in and out of consciousness. We have pleasant thoughts and unpleasant ones swirling in and out of our mind. Some of us have the tendency to dwell on the unpleasant thoughts. Dwelling on the unpleasant thoughts is a knee-jerk reaction. The unpleasant feelings are the […]
Take Control Of Your Life
Post Written By Eugene Morgan If we can’t control what’s around us, then let us take control of our own lives. We’re pretty much the pilots of our lives. We still have to make the final decision to where we want our lives to go. Even if we look for answers from others or meditate […]