Some Chick's Life

So then, if we are aiming to feel joy a large amount of the time when interacting with the people around us, what are our responsibilities when faced with the varying responses from our loved ones? What are some good ways of handling the confrontation that sometimes comes along with achieving this emotional centering? Ask [...]

Once you’ve started really practicing keeping your attention on things that bring you good feelings instead of bad, another realization comes to the forefront: The rest of the world seems to WANT us to feel badly! The news, the TV shows, the movies, the people at work, the workplace itself – there’s so many attempts [...]

While we might agree with Forrest Gump’s Mom that Life was like a box of chocolates, it’s also interesting to ponder that by the time we are adults, the emotional patterns of Life are much like a game of Chutes and Ladders. Meaning, due to years of practice and re-inforcement from those around us, we [...]

Why is it, do you think, that it’s not easy to STOP ourselves from noticing things that bother us and leave us feeling negative? And why is the momentum of our frustration for one topic or person just as persistent as the momentum of inspiration by another? Could these be examples of the Law of [...]