I Can’t Do It All

“I can’t do it all!”  Have you ever said this to yourself?  “Overwhelm” seems common these days.  So I want to discuss the idea that “I can’t do it all,” and the disempowerment that goes with it. There are so many demands on us—work, children, keeping up...

It’s Not True That Fear Is

“It’s not true that fear is.”  This is a saying that I invented over 10 years ago to remind myself that I fabricate my fear.  Fear ultimately is an apparition, something groundless, something that does not exist beyond what my mind creates. Fear seems to be all around...

Seeing Yourself As Others See You

A quotation in a little book called Friends No Matter What is attributed to Barbara Billingsly, and it goes like this: My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would wish for you the ability to see yourself as others see you.  Then you would realize what a truly...

It Doesn’t Matter What You Do

Life has a lot to offer when we stay in the right frame of mind.  This is the story of how I came to understand this, and I coined the phrase: It doesn’t matter what you do. It matters how you do it. Pressures in life make us think that we have to do so many things. ...