According to the Buddha when we feel pain there are two arrows released. We are unable to avoid the first arrow, pain, however we can avoid the second arrow, our reaction to the pain. Pain in life is inevitable, but our reaction to the pain is controllable. We can choose to accept the pain or
Why are there some people who feel the need to make hateful and disrespectful comments to people who are just sharing their story, and trying to inspire others? I don’t understand this. What is the point? I know it has become the culture to cut down people who might annoy you or might call you
Today, much of my learning revolved around mindfulness and visualization, which flowed into the concept of grit. I don’t know how much grit I actually had as a younger person, but there have been phases in my life where I had lots of follow through, but in my mid-20’s my life was thrown off track,
For some reason this week was a bit of a challenge. First, I shot my eye with full strength Peppermint Dr. Bronner’s soap. Let me tell you don’t do that ever. It’s very painful. Okay, it’s not the first time that I have done this, but this was the most painful. Yesterday, I decided to
Today, I started watching the Last Dance on Netflix. I have had several professors recommend that I watch this documentary series. I’ve always loved basketball, but never really enjoyed watching others play the sport…. Okay, well I haven’t enjoyed watching men play the sport. I really enjoy watching ladies basketball. They are just two totally
I finished reading the Inner Game of Tennis today. It brought back some memories from high school. I wasn’t the most popular kid in school, but I wanted to have friends and be liked. There was just something about me that made me the lonely kid. During my transition between middle school and high school
Yes, there is a book with that same title. I actually listened to it this morning, and one of the take-a-ways was to try to journal 15minutes everyday. I have this blog, and it’s just sitting here with me not posting anything. I can usually come up with 15 minutes in the day to cruise