Post Written By Eugene Morgan The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. — Paulo Coelho If we’re more present with our lives, we’ll begin to see simple things as extraordinary. It is where we place our attention. The simple things in life are extraordinary if we just […]
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We Do or Fail To Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.”— Dhammapada When we give our attention to what others do or fail to do, we neglect to focus our attention on what we do or fail to […]
Attention is Generosity
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” Simone Weil When we give another person our full-undivided attention, we’re telling them that we care about them and they’re interests. When we’re listening to another person, we’ve stopped thinking about our thoughts instead we’re listening to them telling us their […]
Where We Place Our Attention
Post Written By Eugene Morgan “Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.”—Shirley MacLaine It is all about where we place our attention. Everyday we will be challenged by something we dislike or some unpleasant event that may be affecting our lives. There is not a person in the world who’s without experiencing difficulties. […]
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. […]
Don’t Fret, Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan We ought not to fret about things, but do. At least we can do what we have control over. Even those things we don’t have control over we can always be put in a certain perspective so we can get through tough times. Instead of fretting over the things we […]
Attitude Changes Things
Post Written By Eugene Morgan It is necessary to make a change in our attitude or to adopt a new frame of reference if we want a change to occur. If we’re in the same place we were last year, then we must consider changing our attitude. If we dislike the situation we put ourselves […]
Finding Satisfaction In What We Do
Post Written By Eugene Morgan Whatever we do, it’s best to find satisfaction. Finding satisfaction in what we do can help us to keep quality in our work. Doing our best work increases our satisfaction. With this satisfaction, no matter what it takes, we’re willing to put in the hard work. With the feeling of […]
Become One With A Task and Experience Briefly Eternity
Written By Eugene Morgan We know our attention is fully on a task, when everything in our peripheral vision has faded away. We know our attention is fully on the task, when we have forgotten the headache after a couple of hours later. We know our attention is fully on the task, when we feel […]
A Different Conclusion of Change
Written By Eugene Morgan What about change? Change is good. There are things we can change and there are things we can’t change. Perhaps we can’t change certain things, but we can change our attitude about them. But how can we change the way we look at things? One way we can change the […]
A Peace of Mind or A Mind at Peace
Written By Eugene Morgan Sometimes our minds are restless; we replay troubling scenery of our past, and we don’t want to let go. There is no peace of mind when we replay unpleasant events. We think reliving the unpleasant event would somehow relieve us from the pain. Some of us have tried to think the […]