“Driven” doesn’t mean that you have to take on everything that comes your way, does it? Up until recently I thought it did. I’ve always been one to spread myself too thin and burn out. I figured that is just the way I am and that is the way I work. Little did I notice I was chipping away at my happiness and to boot I wasn’t really giving everything my full attention. Now that I know what I really ...
Read More →Today I was asked to list my strengths. I know I have many, but I drew a blank and the only word that kept coming to mind was “driven”. I dug deep to pull more strengths out of my head, but to no avail. I then realized that no matter what has happened in my life I have always been driven. Believe me I’ve made some choices that I wish I could take back, but I now know that every ...
Read More →In reading Depok Chopra’s Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, I find myself dwelling on the concept of karma. Karma is a deep seeded notion that can be found in yogic and Buddhist teachings, but it is also a word that is thrown around without much thought. If I ask any of my high school students what karma is, they’ll reply with, “What goes around comes around.” In Radiohead’s song Karma Police, the karma police arrest one, “when you mess with ...
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