In my quest to learn how to heal myself, probably the most meaningful truth I’ve discovered is that the root of nearly every relationship problem we encounter can be traced back to the inability to unconditionally love oneself. It might not seem obvious, but if you had
Read more →It’s finally April and that means that for many of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s finally spring. For me here in Japan, it’s spring enough that with the curtains open at 5 a.m., I can enjoy the deep orange of the budding sunrise. I just love
Read more →People are smart. We come from a long line of smart organisms. In fact, if we look at the trillions of organisms living on and in us in our own microbiome, you could look at each of us as being a smart superorganism. Life on Earth has
Read more →The infinite universe. Within it, the speck of human consciousness. Many consider a single person to be insignificant in its smallness. On the grand scale of things, we stand almost imperceptibly small. In addition to our diminutive stature, we feel absolutely cut off from the rest of
Read more →In my life of operating various business ventures, I get to enjoy a satisfying mix of attention to detail versus opening up to creation. The different areas in which my business interests operate require very different yet complementary skill sets. Some of those skill sets, however, involve
Read more →Over the last few years, I’ve come to realize that in life what matters most is the journey rather than the destination. I came to this conclusion after I’d spent a long time looking at where I wanted to end up, only to miss what was going
Read more →A lot of us grow up learning to describe What Is. When we watch the news, we get loads of timely information about What Is. We read books and give reports on the book … on What it Is. As such, it’s no surprise that many, if
Read more →Of all the cultural changes I can recall since I was a young boy, the increase in obesity is the most noticeable and alarming. I’m 50 now, and 40 years ago, I can honestly state that I don’t remember a single classmate being overweight. Fast forward to
Read more →If you’re living in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s likely that you’re enduring winter and not really enjoying it. Moreover, if you’re like a lot of people, you’ve either been sick, are sick or will become sick at some point down the road. Many people resign themselves to
Read more →Not so long ago, my significant other and I watched a wonderful movie called The Bucket List. The story was of two men, both diagnosed with Stage IV cancer and given, max., a year to live and their quest to fulfill their “bucket list” of things they
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