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Archive for February 2011

You Never Reach The Station

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

A long time ago, I was given a faxed copy of a short essay by Robert Hastings titled The Station. It was a poor quality copy, but it really spoke to me, and I have never forgotten it. It speaks such volumes about the way we deceive ourselves, I had to get permission to include it in my book, Your Life Manual.

It is a parable illustrating a very common fantasy we tell ourselves, which goes something like Read More→

Forgiving Is Not Forgetting

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Forgiveness is a concept that is widely misunderstood. For many, the old phrase “forgive and forget” would be their definition – especially the “forget” part. In reality, it couldn’t be further from the truth. Forgiving has nothing to do with forgetting.

First of all, the motivation to forgive should be to set yourself free. Free from the attachment to the pain that is holding you back. When you feel the hurt of being mistreated in some way, and hold a grudge against the person causing the hurt; you are the person most Read More→

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Time To Think

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

One of the side effects of our modern way of life is that we seem to have little time to stop and smell the roses. More specifically, time to think about where we are; where we are about to go; and where we would like to go. Think about what is important in life.

An important part of any successful life – and please understand: I don’t necessarily mean success in financial or material terms – is building regular time to reflect into each day, or week; time to contemplate the lessons we can learn from yesterday’s challenges, and how to incorporate what we learn about Read More→

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