(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) As for me I love to learn and grow. It is stimulating, motivating, energizing. While occasionally it is simply growth for growth’s sake most of the time it is growth for a purpose. I want to learn and grow…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) We need your music. You are as a note. A whole note,in a subtle chord,in a minor key,in a major score. Without your note the symphony of life is less. You are at once infinitesimally small and of the…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) One does not drown by falling into water. Even deep and dark water. One drowns by staying under water. Life comes in waves. Sometimes exhilarating. Other times terrifying. One cannot control the waves; that’s not our job. When our…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Changes occur throughout life. Newly retired? Newly widowed? Moved to a new town? A new country? Sudden wealth increase? Decrease? Age-related physical changes? “Changes in latitudes, Changes in attitudes” so the song says. Big changes can and typically do…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Trees are a visual of the life cycle – they emerge, grow to maturity, and die. Each in their own time and way. Along the way they naturally drop leaves and limbs. This material is known as dead-fall. Left…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Petrichor: The smell of fresh rain on dry earth. (Yes, I had to look it up.) The smell bursts from the sudden interaction of dry, parched earth with fresh raindrops. It doesn’t last long. After a few moments, the…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Pain is a story. Pain has physical components as well as mental and emotional ones, but at its core pain is a story intended to get our attention. This first came to me in yoga class during a pose…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Solving problems can be fun. Discerning the issue(s), defining desirable outcomes, recalling previous similar situations, gathering resources, taking actions, and achieving a victory. Whoopee! Another problem solved. But then there are those times when it’s Not Your Problem:You didn’t…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Trial-and-error is a tried-and-true approach to life. The issue with it is people seem to focus on the error part. When something they try doesn’t work out they get all self-judgmental. “That was dumb.” “I shouldn’t have done that.”…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Don’t look for closure; there is no closure; it just keeps opening. You never get to the bottom of anything. What happened, happened. Learn from it, grow from it. Life happens for you, not to you. It keeps giving…