Brian Weiner

That’s what learning is, after all: not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it, and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning. RICHARD BACH We’ve…

Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it’s about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves. ELVIS DURAN Halloween is the day when we get it right. Strangers come to us, beautiful, ugly, odd or scary, and we accept them all without question, compliment them, treat them…

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races, one after another.  WALTER ELLIOTT Do you have what it takes to hang in there for the long haul? Life is distorted through whatever filters we opt to view it through. In one perspective, we are able to view…

Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, And smarter than you think. A.A. Milne Around the time I was the perfect age, I discovered “When We Were Very Young” and “Now We Are Six,” by A.A. Milne on my parent’s book shelves.  I…

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. INDIAN PROVERB In a world resplendent with countless distractions across myriad topics, it is quite easy for one to get lost or trapped by far too many choices.  Like the proverbial kid in a candy store, we…

It takes effort to have the faith to start, but having the faith to stay is even harder. Garnering the impetus to start anything is a unique quality.  It is considerably easier to dream and then procrastinate, than to dream and actually manifest.  Once we forego the opportunity to put…

The better person you become, the better people you will attract. Why is it that something so obvious, can be so completely invisible to the wrong people? In the course of every spectrum of life: personal, professional, scholastic, athletic, performance, and artistic, like will always attract like. It is (almost)…

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. LAO TZU Once we form a concept of ourselves, the prospect of substantially changing that concept becomes ever more challenging as we grow older.  Yet, the truth is, we are a continuous evolution of experiences, woven…

There’s more to the truth than just the facts. What exactly is truth? At first blush, that would appear so obvious as to not require an intelligent response. But, for the purpose of a mind expansion, let’s explore that concept, just for fun. Truth is by definition:  (1) the body…