“Habits are actually what shape our destiny — far more than will power. Will power — well used — helps to create good habits. And habits are a little bit like water; it runs in …
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Seemingly Inconsequential Short Term, but Crucial Long Term…
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Do the Difficult Things
Do the difficult things. Because as you train yourself to do difficult things, life gets easier. Because you get stronger.
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What Really Matters
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Courage, My Love
Courage is like — it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: You get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging. ~ Mary Daly, radical feminist …
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Tough Times Don’t Last
Years ago I was out on a Saturday night in a bar in downtown Toronto. I spotted something written on a guy’s t-shirt that stayed with me forever: Tough times don’t last. Tough people do. …
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I Focus on What I Want
It is not just important, but also empowering, to repeatedly focus on what you want and where you "see" yourself going, rather than on all the scary things that might happen along the way.
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Life!
Life contains the capacity, like flames that reach toward heaven, to transform suffering and pain into the energy of value-creation, the light that illuminates the dark. Like the wind traversing vast spaces unhindered, life has …
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Rinse and… Don’t Repeat
We don’t want to repeat past mistakes, we want a fresh start. But this fresh start can only come if we change our minds. We cannot just place a new life on top of old …
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Trial or Treasure?
Life’s trials are actually our great treasures that hone and strengthen us. If we can sincerely look at them that way, we’ll achieve immense growth. But if we wallow in our sadness and become self-pitying, …
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Getting Back on Track
I recently experienced a (mis)adventure with Toronto streetcar tracks that gave me an excellent lesson...
