Wherever you are right now, take a moment to listen to the sounds around you. Listen to the breeze, the traffic, the birds, whatever exists. Now take a moment to listen to the silence; the silence that exist beyond and between the sounds around you. [Read more…]
The choices we make…
Wake me up when it’s all over
When I’m wiser and I’m older
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn’t know I was lost
Avicii and Aloe Blacc – “Wake Me Up”
I almost feel ashamed to admit that I still don’t know what I really want to do with my life. Like when someone asks a 15 or 16 year old what they want to do and scoff if they said they don’t know; what would that someone say to me? [Read more…]
To grow without limits…
Have you ever wondered what you would be without any limitations? What if you could grow without anyone getting in the way? [Read more…]
Counting Stars
I see this life like a swinging vine,
Swing my heart across the line.
And my face is flashing signs,
Seek it out and you shall find.
Old, but I’m not that old,
Young, but I’m not that bold.
I don’t think the world is sold,
I’m just doing what we’re told.
I feel something so right,
Doing the wrong thing.
I feel something so wrong,
Doing the right thing.
I could lie, couldn’t I, could lie.
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive.
Lately, I’ve been, I’ve been losing sleep,
Dreaming about the things that we could be.
But baby, I’ve been, I’ve been praying hard,
Said, no more counting dollars…
We’ll be counting stars.
OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”
You ever felt like you’re just not doing what you should? Like there’s a higher purpose, or that there should be more to this? I’ve been feeling like that, feeling that I’ve been living another’s life.
When I was growing up, I wanted to study electronics. I had no intentions of going to university, far more than to study engineering. My mom wanted me to do that (and actually brought in someone to talk ‘sense’ into me). I don’t regret the path that I’ve taken, as it has brought be a good life. And I certainly don’t blame my mom either, as she was doing what any mother would do. Would a young teenager really know how to plan for the future?
But here I am now trying to realign my sights to something else, and more lost now than I was 15+ years ago.
I have no answers or advice to give, only questions. And the more I think of answers to those questions, to more questions come up, like a hydra.
Contemplating Life
The flu got me good!
I had a fever of 102 °F, aches all over, and a headache that just wouldn’t go away. I felt like my teeth were going to fall out and my eyes were going to pop!
To prevent the symptoms from getting to me, I chose to meditate for a while. I spent some time feeling the symptoms. How my skin burned and my eyes itched. How my joints hurt and air felt like acid to my nose when breathed in.
In this state of awareness I decided to contemplate life and its purpose. [Read more…]
It’s Not About The Money; Working Should Be About Purpose
I tell people that when I started my business, it was never about the money, and I still don’t think about the money. Most of them think I’m speaking nonsense or that I’m lying.
The truth is that the money is not the first thing in my mind. It’s about the purpose and what I truly want to achieve. [Read more…]
Live for the experience… not the performance
I just read Peter Bregman’s commentary on Harvard Business Review’s site, Stop Focusing on Your Performance, and I must say that it’s one of the best articles that I have ever read on that site. The gist of the article is that life is a series of experiences and don’t spend time thinking about your accomplishments or how you look (your performance), essentially… [Read more…]
6 Things You Should Do to Make the Most Out of Your Mistakes
The worst thing about making mistakes… is not learning from it.
We’ve often been taught that’s it’s not okay to make mistakes, as if making mistakes makes you a lesser person. We need to learn that it’s okay to make mistakes but we are often stuck in a loop of making the same mistakes over and over and wondering why.
As George Santayana said in The Life of Reason, Volume 1, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” [Read more…]