Brian Weiner

Respect the old when you are young. Help the weak when you are strong. Confess your faults when you are wrong. Because one day, you will be old, weak and wrong. I remember encountering some of the “old guard” when I was a young turk, running around Hollywood with my…

Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be. WAYNE W. DYER Wouldn’t it be so much easier if everything in the world worked exactly as YOU think it should work? I know! Right? Sadly… never gonna…

I like clear intentions. Tell me how you feel. Spell out what you want. Be open. Be honest. Be transparent. I don’t have time to play guessing games regarding someone’s goal for me or how they feel about me. Respect me enough to keep it real, so I can make…

It is no light matter to put in jeopardy a single life when it is the very singularity of each life which underpins the idea of a just society. Tom Stoppard We live in a world of media overload. We are so bombarded by the overwhelming events locally, nationally and…

Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch nonfear, you are free. Thich Nhat Hanh Is it possible to eliminate fear? Countless sages have addressed this in one form or another: Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. Albert…

Happiness is not the absence of problems, it is the ability to deal with them. You can make a choice to be happy or not. It is never the result of anything, much as we might believe it to be so. Take for example, one might come to the conclusion…

The comeback is always stronger than the setback. Unquestionably, the blow that knocks us back on our butts is one that is both shocking and devastating. It takes the wind out of our sails, and delivers us to a place of shame, disappointment, fear and drops us in the unknown.…

Don’t change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you. How long can you pretend to be someone you are not?  Even the greatest of actors are unable to maintain a character for an indefinite period of time. Some of the method…

You’ve made a far greater impression on other people than you may have ever imagined. There’s someone out there who still remembers that look in your eye when you were young and completely joyous about something that was magical to you. And another who still smiles secretly about something special…

As you start to get older, you begin to understand more and more that life is not about what you look like or what you own. It’s about the people who truly love you and the person you’ve become. I find it puzzling that such an important and meaningful lesson…