“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” Lao Tzu Lao Tzu was an ancient Chinese philosopher and is considered to be the founder of Taoism. (I’ll note that modern scholars believe that Lao Tzu never actually existed, but rather, he was…
The mistake that many of us make in life is that we fail to take good care of ourselves. We take care of the needs of our employers, children, pets and spouses, but we forget to meet our own needs. And in doing so, we are living life backwards. Because…
I recently stumbled upon the term “eudaimonia.” Eudaimonia is Greek word that has no direct translation in English. However, it basically refers to a state of well-being, happiness and flourishing – the state of being that we are all trying to achieve! While the concept of eudaimonia is simple, achieving…
How often do you say to yourself, “I just love my life!” Probably not that often. Unfortunately, most people don’t naturally love their lives. That’s because we tend to focus on what’s going wrong in our lives, instead of the multitude of things that are going right. So, learning to…
When we are healthy, we often take our good health and our ease of getting through the day for granted. We don’t give a lot of thought to our bodies, and we just go blithely through life. But when we are faced with a serious illness, life becomes more complicated. …