“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.” Abraham Maslow It is extremely difficult to grow while in our comfort zone. As we know, the greatest opportunities to grow and develop ourselves lie in our willingness to…
On April 9th of this year, I was honored to have to opportunity to participate in the TEDx event hosted by California State University, Long Beach. Due to the tireless efforts of an amazing crew at CSULB, the event was a wonderful success. I am grateful to have played a small part. Here is my…
“Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.” – Pema Chödrön How much of the time is our attention focused on somewhere we’d rather be or how someone else’s life seems better than ours? Today’s inspiration reminds us…
“It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.” – Thomas Merton We’ve all spent time in deep and meaningful discussions about difficulties in the world and possible solutions to them. We’ve…
Published on Aspen Daily News Online (http://www.aspendailynews.com) The final frontier Writer: Steve Skinner Byline:Aspen Daily News Columnist If you think space is the final frontier, you are so right. But I’m not talking outer space here but inner space, the space between our ears. Even though practitioners have been studying the mind for thousands of…
Some edited highlights of a talk John gave at a recovery convention in San Diego.
“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.” – Saint Augustine Cultivating loving-kindness is…
“Our habitual patterns are, of course, well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wishing for them to be ventilated isn’t enough. Mindfulness and awareness are key. Do we see the stories that we’re telling ourselves and question their validity? When we are distracted by a strong emotion, do we remember that it is part of our…
“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” – Carl Jung Our quote today invites us to investigate a bit more deeply our perception of ourselves. Often, if we’re asked to describe ourselves, we will share qualities of ourselves that we believe accurately describe us. We may say something like, I am…
By SARA ARTHURS Staff Writer Findlay Courier, Posted On Wed. Nov 16th, 2016 Doing what you feel good about may be more difficult than just doing what makes you feel good, but it’s the former that is more likely to create genuine happiness.John Bruna will be sharing this message, and talking about mindfulness and recovery,…
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