Brian Weiner

 A wise person knows that there’s something to be learned from everyone. I have never met another person that cannot teach me something if I talk with them for a little while. Everyone has such a disparate life story, it is foolish to believe that someone has nothing of value…

Follow your heart, but take your brain with you. It is a romantic notion to follow one’s heart.  It is a concept that is reiterated through literature, film, music, media and philosophy. The joy of following one’s heart is perhaps one of the greatest qualities of living as a human…

If you stand for a reason, be prepared to stand alone like a tree, and if you fall to the ground, fall like a seed that grows back to fight again. Have you ever fought for a cause that was “worth dying for“?  And have you ever (metaphorically speaking)  died…

Self-love is the greatest medicine. Do you genuinely love yourself? Platitudes notwithstanding, how exactly do you demonstrate this to yourself? When you take personal inventory and you look in the mirror, are you saying kind things to yourself? We all have a propensity to push ourselves to achieve more, earn…

If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you cannot change. How many times have you found yourself in a mental state of turmoil over something that is outside of your control? We have a propensity to allow things such as…

Wrong people will teach you the right lessons. It is an immutable fact that we learn by example. How very interesting then, that we are able to learn from both positive and negative examples.  It is almost the opposite of learning through empirical knowledge. The precept, “hot don’t touch,“ gives…

Begin each day with optimism and end each day with forgiveness. Happiness in life begins and ends within your heart. Do you consume optimism for breakfast?  Of all the potential ingredients for a balanced daily meal, optimism would sit at the top of the list. In the course of bathing…

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. How often do you visit your own sanctuary?  If you live in a world of cacophony, even if it’s all positive cacophony, there still is a prerequisite in our internal…