What can we do about This?
And How can we best benefit from these great New things?
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
" Do You Think We Can Get TOO Focussed?'
A marvelous lesson appeared for me just now as I was
exiting thru the garage, to come to this little playplace
they call an office.
As I opened the garage door, I startled a large moth,
which, upon spreading it's wings, displayed a bright red
"tail" hidden by the motley brown wings, more a "butterfly"
than a moth.
It flew immediately to its perceived escape, the
circle-topped window where it frantically tried to exit
thru the invisible wall of closed glass.
I raised the third-car garage door in hopes of aiding it's
escape. That caused it to fly higher and higher and become
entangled in a spider web. Fearful that it would remain
entangled in the web, I selected a long-handled broom to
assist him escaping the tangled threads.
At this, he returned to furiously pumping his wings and
banging into the glass, which was, in his perspective, the
pathway of escape, but remained his cage.
By simply turning his focus to one side, he would have
easily exited his prison. Rather, due to his intent on one
direction, he remained confined, captive.
Change your Vision here: http://AxelHenriksen.com
Butterfly Insights
by: Joie Lake
exiting thru the garage, to come to this little playplace
they call an office.
As I opened the garage door, I startled a large moth,
which, upon spreading it's wings, displayed a bright red
"tail" hidden by the motley brown wings, more a "butterfly"
than a moth.
It flew immediately to its perceived escape, the
circle-topped window where it frantically tried to exit
thru the invisible wall of closed glass.
I raised the third-car garage door in hopes of aiding it's
escape. That caused it to fly higher and higher and become
entangled in a spider web. Fearful that it would remain
entangled in the web, I selected a long-handled broom to
assist him escaping the tangled threads.
At this, he returned to furiously pumping his wings and
banging into the glass, which was, in his perspective, the
pathway of escape, but remained his cage.
By simply turning his focus to one side, he would have
easily exited his prison. Rather, due to his intent on one
direction, he remained confined, captive.
Change your Vision here: http://AxelHenriksen.com
Butterfly Insights
by: Joie Lake
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
"Can Cancer Be Caused By A COOKIE?"
Eating the Cookie
By: Rachel Naomi Remen
Another of my patients, a successful businessmen, tells me
that before his cancer he would become depressed unless
things went a certain way. Happiness was "having the
cookie." If you had the cookie, things were good. If you
didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn.
Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. Some of the time
it was money, sometimes power, sometimes sex. At other
times, it was the new car, the biggest contract, the most
prestigious address. A year and a half after his diagnosis
of prostate cancer he sits shaking his head ruefully. "It's
like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid. When
I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie
away or it breaks, he is unhappy. But he is two and a half
and I am forty-three. It's taken me this long to understand
that the cookie will never make me happy for long. The
minute you have the cookie it starts to crumble or you
start to worry about it crumbling or about someone trying
to take it away from you. You know, you have to give up a
lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from
crumbling and be sure that no one takes it away from you.
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so
busy just trying not to lose it. Having the cookie is not
what life is about."
My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. For the
first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing
well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. "Two
years ago, cancer asked ne, 'Okay, what's important? What
is really important?' Well, life is important. Life. Life
any way you can have it. Life with the cookie. Life without
the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to do with the
cookie, it has to do with being alive. Before, who made the
time?" He pauses thoughtfully. "Damn, I guess life is the
cookie."
By: Rachel Naomi Remen
Another of my patients, a successful businessmen, tells me
that before his cancer he would become depressed unless
things went a certain way. Happiness was "having the
cookie." If you had the cookie, things were good. If you
didn't have the cookie, life wasn't worth a damn.
Unfortunately, the cookie kept changing. Some of the time
it was money, sometimes power, sometimes sex. At other
times, it was the new car, the biggest contract, the most
prestigious address. A year and a half after his diagnosis
of prostate cancer he sits shaking his head ruefully. "It's
like I stopped learning how to live after I was a kid. When
I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take the cookie
away or it breaks, he is unhappy. But he is two and a half
and I am forty-three. It's taken me this long to understand
that the cookie will never make me happy for long. The
minute you have the cookie it starts to crumble or you
start to worry about it crumbling or about someone trying
to take it away from you. You know, you have to give up a
lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from
crumbling and be sure that no one takes it away from you.
You may not even get a chance to eat it because you are so
busy just trying not to lose it. Having the cookie is not
what life is about."
My patient laughs and says cancer has changed him. For the
first time he is happy. No matter if his business is doing
well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf. "Two
years ago, cancer asked ne, 'Okay, what's important? What
is really important?' Well, life is important. Life. Life
any way you can have it. Life with the cookie. Life without
the cookie. Happiness does not have anything to do with the
cookie, it has to do with being alive. Before, who made the
time?" He pauses thoughtfully. "Damn, I guess life is the
cookie."
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Why Is it That Most People Fail?
Time to Learn
by: Author Unknown
A young but earnest Zen student approached his teacher, and
asked the Zen Master:
"If I work very hard and diligent how long will it take for
me to find Zen."
The Master thought about this, then replied, "Ten years."
The student then said, "But what if I work very, very hard
and really apply myself to learn fast -- How long then ?"
Replied the Master, "Well, twenty years."
"But, if I really, really work at it. How long then ?"
asked the student.
"Thirty years," replied the Master.
"But, I do not understand," said the disappointed student."
At each time that I say I will work harder, you say it will
take me longer. Why do you say that ?"
Replied the Master," When you have one eye on the goal, you
only have one eye on the path."
'What are You only Half focusing on and in YOUR and Not Achieving?"
by: Author Unknown
A young but earnest Zen student approached his teacher, and
asked the Zen Master:
"If I work very hard and diligent how long will it take for
me to find Zen."
The Master thought about this, then replied, "Ten years."
The student then said, "But what if I work very, very hard
and really apply myself to learn fast -- How long then ?"
Replied the Master, "Well, twenty years."
"But, if I really, really work at it. How long then ?"
asked the student.
"Thirty years," replied the Master.
"But, I do not understand," said the disappointed student."
At each time that I say I will work harder, you say it will
take me longer. Why do you say that ?"
Replied the Master," When you have one eye on the goal, you
only have one eye on the path."
'What are You only Half focusing on and in YOUR and Not Achieving?"
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
"Do You Hold true To Your Values, Dreams and Aspiration Even In The Face Of Adversity?"
Keep your dream
by: Author Unknown
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch
in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on
fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk
programs.
The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I
want to tell you why I let Jack use my horse. It all goes
back to a story about a young man who was the son of an
itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable,
race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch,
training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career
was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was
asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do
when he grew up.
“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal
of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream
in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre
ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the
stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan
for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre
dream ranch.
“He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the
next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he
received his paper back. On the front page was a large
red F with a note that read, `See me after class.’
“The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class
and asked, `Why did I receive an F?’
“The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a
young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an
itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse
ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land.
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later
you’ll have to pay large stud fees. There’s no way you
could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, `If you will
rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
reconsider your grade.’
“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He
asked his father what he should do. His father said, `Look,
son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I
think it is a very important decision for you.’ “Finally,
after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the
same paper, making no changes at all.
He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”
Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, “I tell
you this story because you are sitting in my
4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse
ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the
fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the story is that
two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to
camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was
leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now.
When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream
stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams.
Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on
yours.”
“Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no
matter what.”
by: Author Unknown
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch
in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on
fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk
programs.
The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I
want to tell you why I let Jack use my horse. It all goes
back to a story about a young man who was the son of an
itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable,
race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch,
training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career
was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was
asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do
when he grew up.
“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal
of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream
in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre
ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the
stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan
for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre
dream ranch.
“He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the
next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he
received his paper back. On the front page was a large
red F with a note that read, `See me after class.’
“The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class
and asked, `Why did I receive an F?’
“The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a
young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an
itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse
ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land.
You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later
you’ll have to pay large stud fees. There’s no way you
could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, `If you will
rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
reconsider your grade.’
“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He
asked his father what he should do. His father said, `Look,
son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I
think it is a very important decision for you.’ “Finally,
after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the
same paper, making no changes at all.
He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”
Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, “I tell
you this story because you are sitting in my
4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse
ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the
fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the story is that
two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to
camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was
leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now.
When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream
stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams.
Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on
yours.”
“Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no
matter what.”
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Did YOU Know?
Did you know that it is difficult to get what you can’t give and that Giving comes first?
I have never ever met a truly wealth person that hasn't been a giver first!
When they give from the start [and that means where you are now] there appears a lot more room for the "REAL RICHES" to enter into your life!
It’s called flow.... A river must have flow or it becomes stagnant.
We as humans also achieve our Perfect flow when we Give..
LOVE - when we give it we are open to receive it
Money - when we give it we are ready to receive more
Time - when we give of our time we are investing our most precious resource as it's the only thing we cant get more of! So invest it wisely...
In you exercise program
in your relationships
in your children
in your self
in doing what you are passionate about
in dreaming yourself into a better life
in the services of others..
in continuous learning
in teaching others
What was it that you really wanted to do?
So if you are waiting for riches to come to you ... take riches to someone else first!
If you are waiting to be loved ... Love some one first!
If you are waiting for some one to help you ... Help someone else first!
Cheers....
I have never ever met a truly wealth person that hasn't been a giver first!
When they give from the start [and that means where you are now] there appears a lot more room for the "REAL RICHES" to enter into your life!
It’s called flow.... A river must have flow or it becomes stagnant.
We as humans also achieve our Perfect flow when we Give..
LOVE - when we give it we are open to receive it
Money - when we give it we are ready to receive more
Time - when we give of our time we are investing our most precious resource as it's the only thing we cant get more of! So invest it wisely...
In you exercise program
in your relationships
in your children
in your self
in doing what you are passionate about
in dreaming yourself into a better life
in the services of others..
in continuous learning
in teaching others
What was it that you really wanted to do?
So if you are waiting for riches to come to you ... take riches to someone else first!
If you are waiting to be loved ... Love some one first!
If you are waiting for some one to help you ... Help someone else first!
Cheers....
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