Month: August 2011

What are you preoccupied with?

August 10, 2011 | 1 comment

  Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. ~ Daniel Goleman The way out of self-absorption is God-reflection!  Focus on God, not

An inspiring example

August 9, 2011 | 6 comments

  Here’s an inspiring video of a young man who did not let extreme hardship of the world defeat his spirit and mire him in self-pity and woe-is-me thinking.  He continues to let his light shine…

Tie your success to God

August 8, 2011 | 5 comments

  Standard and Poor’s has downgraded the credit rating of the United States government to AA+.  Europe is mightily struggling with how to keep Iceland and Greece afloat. Now Italy and Portugal threaten to become the latest casualties of too