Category: Brain Have Fun

Standing Your Ground

I don’t know why it happens or exactly how.  I don’t really see it coming.  It is very sneaky and slowly creeps in behind me.  I noticed it does so especially when I make a big decision to change myself.  Without warning or any apparent cause it will abruptly foil my plans and send me …

Acting myself – more than an Oscar-worthy performance

Around the time of the Oscars I realized that I actually spend a considerable amount of time acting instead of living my life.  I constantly try to meet expectations and to be what, I think, is expected of me in my role as a senior manager aspiring to the executive level. However, if I am …

Love, Interrupted

‘Cause love is the answer It’s the answer to the questions in your mind Love is the answer It’s the answer, if you’re looking you will find How to love without attaching? I don’t remember since when I started asking myself that question. What is the difference and how can I tell? Why should I …

Staying Humble to Avoid a Bumble

The phone is ringing on both lines. 3 waiters are giving their drink orders simultaneously.  Customers are waiting impatiently. There are people all around that need something. Needless to say this is a stressful moment and I lose myself in the whirlwind of the restaurant business. On top of all that I have my own …

New Neighbors Puts Things Into Perspective

Nasa recently announced the discovery of 1700 exoplanets.  Exoplanets are planets that exist outside of our solar system and orbit their own distant suns.  There were thousands more found but these 1700 have been officially confirmed to exist.  Pluto was demoted to a “dwarf planet” not so long ago leaving us with only 8 planets …

The Evolution of a Smile

  About 10 years ago Master Johwa introduced me to smiling as a meditation for spiritual growth.  I remember it rather well.  It took so much effort to simply smile for no reason that it is actually incredible when I think about it.  I resisted consistently for a long time and we had many conversations …