Your nervous system decides more than your goals
You can’t declare change and expect it to happen by will alone. Imagine a colleague who constantly complains. You tell yourself: “Tomorrow, I won’t let this bother me.” Yet the next day, the irritation is back — automatic, familiar, immediate. That’s because your nervous system runs on expectation and reliability, not intention.It has […]
“I know what I should focus on — I just can’t stay with it.”
You sit down to work. Your mind is willing, if lucky even motivated.Yet your attention keeps slipping….. checking, shifting, reaching for something else.Not because you don’t care. But because staying with this one thing feels strangely effortful. Over time this costs more than productivity. It makes your energy leak through constant self-correction. And clarity erodes […]
When the day happens to you.
Have you noticed the sensation that the day is happening to you – and that it is not shaped by you? You open your beautiful eyes to the dawn of a new day with courage and high hopes. The intention is set, your destiny awaits and you are ready to charge ahead. But […]
That which does not grow, dies.
I thought (as my stupid self many times does) that this was pretty obvious and clear. The idea or fact – that one becomes what one practices, or – if you don’t use it you lose it. If you don’t maintain your car it rusts and breaks down, if you do not water a flower […]
What Squirrels tells us About Becoming Who We are Meant to Be
Structural plasticity in the hippocampus of squirrels It was mentioned to me that some squirrels actually have an increase in volume of the brain during the winter months. They do have this change primarily in the hippocampus which is responsible for memory and spatial organization. This is amazing. The change in volume can be up […]
The Knight on Our Side of the Board: A thought on Perception
Chess is an interesting game, a fun game and a challenging game. Many are familiar with this ancient game with 64 squares, 32 pieces and an almost infinite number of possible matches that can take place. There is a saying in chess, when your opponent in the early game places one of his pieces, usually […]