Worry Falls Into Two Basic Categories
Worry is irrational, when you think about it, because worry falls into two basic categories: things we can’t do anything about and things that we can. For the things we can’t do anything about, worry is needless suffering. When we can do something about what worries us, we can take action. Of course, this is […]
Where In Your Life Would Adopting Beginner’s Mind Be Most Beneficial For You?
In Zen Buddhism, there is the concept of beginner’s mind. This is a state of openness and receptivity as if one were just beginning – no matter how long you might have actually engaged in a particular activity or faced a specific situation. There is less analysis and judgment about whether or not something is working. […]
Attention Expands The Goals On Which It Is Focused
An old saying goes: “That which we put our attention on, expands.” When we’ve put our attention on negatives like difficulty, unfairness, obstacles, limitations and reasons why we haven’t been able to do something, we’ve put our attention on matters that do not move us forward. We have then unwittingly formed a goal of not […]