Brian Weiner

So you really want to be “somebody.“ What does that even mean? The definition would have to start within oneself. A personal visualization of a distinctive shift from where one is currently to the new status that one is seeking. The myriad of permutations that this can take is as…

The protracted isolation of Covid has been illuminating in so many ways. Obviously, deprivation from things that one loves and appreciates always has a propensity to increase one’s appreciation of them all the more. And increase the longing for them. That said, unforeseen circumstances always have the opportunity to help…

What does it take to be a rainbow? Understanding? Compassion? Empathy? Sensitivity? Whatever the formula, an understanding of what it takes to constitute a rainbow in somebody else’s world is a magical gift that you can actually give yourself, just by going the extra distance. Just by recognizing that you…

What makes something right? Is it a rule of law? Is it one’s perception of what one believes God‘s rule is? Or is there something that is even more obvious? This one particular question goes all the way back to prehistoric times. Before written law, before spoken word, before societal…

It’s funny how one concept at the right moment in your life can mean everything. This morning I was perusing my material looking for what I would send out today. I really didn’t have anything in mind and I started going back through files from more than a decade ago…

If Dorothy had landed in Oz and was greeted by Miyamato Musashi, instead of the munchkins, the Wizard of Oz might have turned into a ninja story. But in the end, it is still the same lesson. Look within. As we swim upstream in the proverbial path of life, we…

Buddha and the early philosophers identified the present as the only reality. Twenty five centuries later as philosophers like the Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, and others arrived it became known as the Now. As one is able to take a step back from one’s daily routine, one recognizes that of…

No one saves us but ourselves. We can rely on countless people to collaborate and enable us to achieve anything that we set our minds to. We grow up with family and friends that watch out for us on the path of life and are there for us in the…

A toxic personality can be devastating to all parties within their range. For whatever reason a personality should become toxic, it feeds upon the willingness of others to engage. The misery that is caused in the receiving party fuels a toxic personality and facilitates its continuous presence. In every one…