Emotions

Raise your expectations, let go of the outcome

A lot of unhappiness or lack of peace stems from discontent with the way things are. Surprise, surprise. Your job sucks. Traffic isn’t budging—again. Your husband forgot it was his turn to cook dinner or your wife forgot it was hers. Your child’s school grades are beyond disappointing, and your long-planned island vacation was so [...]

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Insults are gifts that we don’t have to accept

It’s been a long time since I realized that how people treat me is one thing, their thing. How I choose to react—or not—is another. My thing. The two are closely connected, of course, and sometimes seem almost indistinguishable. He gets me so mad. She drives me crazy. My boss drives me up a wall. [...]

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Understanding the past can bring peace to the present

I’m not much for going down memory lane. Scrapbooks, old photos, little trinkets, souvenirs—photos are fun once in awhile, but that’s about it. Rehashing old stuff, telling old stories, and remember the time when…meh. I do it once in awhile, but it doesn’t hold my interest for long. I like to talk about what’s new [...]

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Hurricane, the homeless, and heartfelt wishes

Imagine an asteroid or a meteor is heading toward the earth. Astronomers get the warnings out a week before it’s scheduled to hit. We’re told it will break up into little pieces as it hits the earth’s atmosphere, so it won’t be the end of the world. But there will be widespread destruction, devastation, injuries, [...]

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Don’t ignore anger: Embrace it, learn from it, resolve it

When we embrace anger and take good care of our anger, we get relief. —Thich Nhat Hanh Last week, in my post Why I’m jealous of men (it’s not what you think), I wrote about feeling jealous of some big bloggers like Leo Babauta and Darren Rowse. I wasn’t feeling jealous of them specifically because [...]

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