swetha

victim – a meditation

  Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one’s own governing philosophy.  Tom Clancy, “The Hunt for Red October” When I saw this quote,  I thought, “Bingo!” This is one of my truths in my life. Before program, I bemoaned my life and my place in it. If…

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agree – a meditation

  Believe nothing, no matter where you read or who has said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. Buddha My black-and-white thinking provides me such interesting and often contradictory character traits. I simply entirely believe another person about everything they ever…

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power – a meditation

  When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix For a very long time, I did not know the difference between love and control. They were one and the same in my mind. If someone loved you, they showed it by nagging, yelling, insisting, and controlling….

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belief – a meditation

  Believe that your life is worth living and your belief will help create that fact. William James I struggle, at times, with low self-esteem. It’s very tricky to realize when it is low self-esteem that I am indulging through my behavior. I often fool myself into believing that it’s altruism or strength or protectiveness…

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future – a meditation

  The Earth was made round so that we could not see what lies ahead of us. – R. Keith Gill It is so often that I find myself concentrating very hard on developing a sixth sense with which I would be able to know the future before it happens. I am so often afraid…

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