“On the Sabbath- we are reminded that we are not human doings, but human beings.”- Rob Bell. I am not Jewish, but last weekend I experienced the Sabbath unintendedly. And let me tell you, it was a weirdly fantastic, exhilarating experience. I hadn’t experienced so much peace in a long…

“Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will — then your life will flow well.” — Epictetus Emotions, people, emotions and people, girlfriends, boyfriends, moms, dad, friends, enemies, coworkers. Relationship problems. …

“Well-being is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.” — Zeno Our current world moves fast. Few are the moments of deep reflection. Do you remember when was the last time you had a deep insight coming out of nowhere? As when you’re walking through…

“…during the first period of a man’s life, the greatest danger is: not to take the risk.” Soren Kierkegaard, Selections from His Journals I’ve been thinking a lot about meaning lately. I’m at a point in my life where I’ve grown comfortable. I have a cushy job, a nice apartment…

“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you are not the voice of the mind — you are the one who hears it.” ― Michael A. Singer, For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been meditating wrong. I know it is popular saying that there are…

“Because of some obstacle — constitutional weakness or defect, wrong education, bad experiences, an unsuitable attitude, etc. — one shrinks from the difficulties which life brings and thus finds oneself back in the world of the infant.” Carl Jung, Alchemical Studies I love Ricky Gervais, that’s really my type of…

“The goal is not to ignore or suppress [distressing thoughts or] feelings, but to accept them as they happen to be at the moment . . . and then to get on with doing what is sensible and mature anyway.” David Reynolds, Constructive Living Has it ever happened to you…

“The real question is whether the ‘brighter future’ is always so distant. What if it has been here for a long time already — and only our own blindness and weakness have prevented us from seeing it around us and within us, and kept us from developing it.” Vaclav Havel…

Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it. — Epictetus At some point in our lives, we’ve all wondered about whether or not we are cool. What is “being cool” anyway? So there’s this amazing book by oldie basketball star Walt Frazier, Rockin’ Steady’s the name. He describes his life and what…