I was recently drawn into a conversation with a person I had never met. She had a need to blame me for some of her life experiences and choices, and so I let her. At first, I told her that this had nothing to do with me, but as the conversation continued I decided she…
The Hierarchy of needs, illustrated below, may look familiar to you. It has been around for quite some time. However over the years, I have tinkered with it for my own needs and philosophy. I have interpreted aspects of it to suit my world-view and to answer larger questions in my life. We have 6…
Some years ago I was introduced to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, via an essay on happiness. Since then, I have read many of his words and enjoyed them for their honesty and aha inducing moments. This is an excerpt from a book by Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience “For the majority of people on this…
Don’t take it personally. Recognize that people’s issues are mostly about them. When I was younger, I think I was fairly typical in my ability to be offended, or my inability to separate fact from opinion. I could hear something or see something and I could be instantaneously annoyed and personally affronted. It was some…