Tag: thought

Watch thought, not effect

October 2, 2007 | 3 comments

Last Friday, while practicing my tennis strokes with a ball machine, I learned a valuable lesson about watching thoughts and knowing what the effect of those thoughts would be without checking outward evidence. Let me explain. During one stroke exercise,

Flowstone

September 17, 2007 | 4 comments

While touring the Lewis and Clark Caverns in Montana last month, our guide frequently pointed out flowstone. Flowstone is rock formed by water dripping or trickling over a cave surface leaving calcium deposits behind. Over thousands and millions of years,

Do we care enough to stop and help?

September 5, 2007 | 9 comments

This past weekend, I spoke and led several workshops at a camp for youth in the Mid-west. It was a glorious three days capped off by a spectacular fireworks display over a nearby lake. Many minutes passed as we awed

The trouble tree

September 1, 2007 | 1 comment

I couldn’t help but chuckle when reading the below story sent in by a reader today. We all need a tree I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough

McDonald’s advertising and mesmerism

August 8, 2007 | No comments yet

A study just printed confirms the dangerous effect advertising can have on the unguarded thought. Young children were given identical McDonald’s foods in name-brand and unmarked wrappers. They were then asked to identify which food tasted better. The branded foods