Tag: Thought-Life

• January 15, 2010

  Daily Application January 16, 2010

  Self-righteousness is one of the subtlest and most pervasive obstacles to spiritual growth — because it rarely announces itself as self-righteousness. It presents as conviction. It presents as standards. It…

• January 12, 2010

  Daily Application January 12, 2010

  When life gets overwhelming — when stress is high and problems feel unresolvable and the world is pressing in from every direction — the antidote is almost always the same:…

• January 10, 2010

  Daily Application January 11, 2010

  There is a particular fear that operates below the surface in many people’s lives — the fear of becoming irrelevant. Of being the hole in the doughnut: present in shape…

• January 7, 2010

  Daily Application January 8, 2010

  There is a simple but transformative practice that changes the quality of almost everything you do: put love into it. Not enthusiasm as performance. Not forced cheerfulness. But a genuine,…

• January 4, 2010

  Daily Application January 5, 2010

  There is a question worth asking every morning before the day gets loud: Who am I today? Not who you were yesterday. Not who you hope to be next year.…