It’s stressful when the people in our lives make profoundly bad decisions. After all, it’s hard to watch those closest to us suffer. The challenge is that often we mistakenly feel that we’re responsible for their bad decisions. Now, you may ask, “Well, aren’t I, on some level, responsible for…
I always become irritated when people say, “When you consider the vastness of the universe, we’re all so inconsequential.” Or they say something to that effect. That’s ridiculous. The reality is that, notwithstanding the vastness of the universe, your life matters. You impact other people, animals and the earth every…
During our younger years, we’re looking for excitement. We want to charge at life. And given that during our younger years we have some excess energy to burn, having a highly active lifestyle in our youth isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But as we get older, we realize that kind…
There are all kinds of things in life that drain our energy. Demanding, difficult people can drain us. Our jobs can be draining. Even social media and the news can be draining. As a result, it’s important to develop good habits to protect your energy. Realize that there is no…
Most of us put a lot of effort into the big moments of life – weddings, graduations, the birth of a child. But the reality is that our life experience isn’t defined by those big events. Those events only take place for a moment. Rather, 99% of our lives are…