Thought of the Day - Riddles

Thought of the Day - Riddles

If we feel like we're being confronted with a series of riddles, well, that could be because we are being confronted with a series of riddles. Did they really mean what they said? Or are they talking about something else entirely? And what is the meaning of life, anyway? We need to give ourselves time to contemplate these questions, but do our best not to let these puzzling puzzles drive us crazy. After all, not every puzzle is meant to be solved! Some are there just to remind us of the limits of our own capacities of comprehension.

Thought of The Day - Dark Side

Thought of The Day - Dark Side

We can run from here to the end of the earth, but we can't escape our own shadow. If, though, we face a strong source of light, we can fix it so that our shadow always falls behind us. That way we can be gloriously oblivious of our own dark side, whilst everyone else is all too keenly conscious of it. By and large, it's far better to recognise the negative side of our personality, than to live in denial of its very existence. We have to own it before we can make amends for it.

Thought of the Day - Poverty and Happiness

Thought of the Day - Poverty and Happiness

Some people live in mud huts, others have palaces. But no amount of wealth can prevent depression or alter the inevitability of death. And true poverty is not an empty purse; it is an empty heart. Poverty does not create unhappiness any more than wealth creates joy. All that comes courtesy of comparison and expectation. We should not look at what anyone else is thinking, feeling, saying or doing! But look only at what's in our heart. Then we will see how to become truly happy and why our life is wonderfully blessed.

Thought of the day - Life without liberty is like a body without spirit

Thought of the day - Liberty

'Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.' Such quotations sound stirring but what is so great about liberty? Is not freedom of choice the very thing that leads to our own undoing? When we actually are at liberty to do as we please, do we not often waste our chance? Is the world not full of birds in cages where the door has been left open but the occupant is too frightened or unimaginative to fly out? Perhaps.

Thought of the day - Mysteries

Thought of the Day - Mysteries

Sherlock Holmes has planted, in the mind of every would-be detective, the idea that all mysteries can eventually be solved. We forget that he is a fictional character and his exploits have been carefully engineered. We try to emulate him. We gather up our clues. We study our suspects. We weigh up motive and opportunity. But somehow we forget that real life is illogical. There is no sensible answer to the question we find ourselves contemplating. There is just a silly one. Accept that. It is still a good answer.

Thought of the day - Forgiveness

Thought of the day - Forgiveness

Forgiveness is not meant to reward or soothe the one that needs forgiving. We may believe that by forgiving we'll somehow tell this individual that it's all okay, and that he or she is off the hook. But that's not the case. By forgiving, we can move on and move forward toward better things. It doesn't really matter what the other person thinks; it matters only that our choice makes life easier and better for us.

Thought of The Day - Moving on

Thought of The Day - Moving on

There are some things that we simply cannot take with us across the threshold of time. Experiences, no matter how real they may seem to be in one moment, rapidly become nothing more than memories. Yet, though all things must eventually pass, it seems that some things stick around longer than we want them to. We cannot instantly leave behind all that we would like to consign to the past. Certain duties - and debts - are sure to pursue us. But we can kiss goodbye to a fear that we have outgrown.

Thought of the Day - Two Ways to live our lives

Thought of the Day - Two Ways to live our lives

Albert Einstein once said that there are only two ways to live our lives. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Choose the latter and we'll reap great personal rewards. If we've been through a rough period, but we shouldn't allow the challenges and hardships we endured to alter our path unless it's for the better. If we count even our difficulties among the miracles in our lives, then we'll be primed to get the most out of every blessing that comes our way. We need to maintain an attitude of acceptance and a belief that even our darkest hours were valuable and positive in some way, and we'll eventually find the success we seek.

Thought of the Day - Big Idea, Small Idea

Thought of the Day - Big Idea, Small Idea

What's the difference between a big idea and a small idea? Implementation! Some of the world's best, most dramatic innovations were once just passing thoughts in someone's mind. They might have emerged like bubbles and then floated off into the distance if no effort had been made to act on them. Ideas are not big or little, only implications are. We need to take the idea that inspires us the most and then act on it. It's easier than we may think to get more of what we need and less of what we don't need.

Thought of The Day - Distance

Thought of The Day - Distance

We all struggle sometimes to accept that certain things, and, at times, people can no longer offer us what we once needed. Days turn to weeks, weeks to months and sometimes months become years before we make conscious decisions to distance ourselves or remove entirely anything that no longer plays any part in helping us. Trust that what we're choosing to distance ourself from or remove really isn't integral to our needs.

Thought of the day - Pesky Insect

Thought of the day - Pesky Insect

Have you ever noticed that, sometimes, just when things are starting to get really good, a new problem crops up or an old one rears its ugly head once more. It is almost as if our difficulties are like flies, they can smell food in preparation and this attracts them to the feast. We need to think of our biggest obstacle or stumbling block as a pesky insect. It can buzz, it can flutter, it can even bite or sting a little, but it can do no real harm unless we allow ourselves to overreact to the irritant.

Thought of the Day - Facts

Thought of the Day - Facts

'There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious fact.' - Sherlock Holmes

At times we find ourselves trying to make sense of a situation that just doesn't add up. We can, if we wish, just decide to live with the idea that we have a mystery on our hands and that we may never quite resolve it to our satisfaction. But if we want to understand more, question some of what we think we already understand.

Thought of the Day - Actions speak louder than words

Thought of the Day - Actions speak louder than words

Actions, we are repeatedly told, speak louder than words. Why, we may wonder, do people have to keep on saying this? The answer is in the statement. It is because they are words! They don't speak very loud. Actions speak louder. There are some actions that now need to be taken. We worry lest they will trigger a tense response. Yet, for those who have ears to hear, one thing speaks even louder than a word or an action. That is inaction! We need to resist the temptation to do nothing in the hope that something will sort itself out.

Thought of the Day - Bit by Bit

Thought of the Day - Bit by Bit

'Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.' That little statement is called an affirmation. We are supposed to repeat it to ourselves several times over, as often as possible. We are supposed to resist the temptation to change the last three words to 'older and older' and we are supposed to believe it. The idea is that, as long as this is what we keep telling ourselves, it will somehow be true, regardless of what we actually do to make ourselves better. But, faith is not quite enough. We must take action, too.

Thought of the Day - Genie's Bottle

Thought of the Day - Genie's Bottle

If we found a genie's bottle along the shoreline, uncorked the lid and a genie appeared, we might be expecting three wishes. Suppose, though, that the genie only offered us one wish. What would we wish for? The most obvious and the smartest wish in this situation would be for lots of additional wishes. Then we could have anything we wanted. We are now limiting ourselves despite an obvious option. Why get so carried away by an opportunity that we fail to see a chance to get even more out of the situation.

Thought of the Day - To err is human but to forgive is divine

Thought of the Day - To err is human but to forgive is divine

They say that, 'To err is human but to forgive is divine.' They say that for a reason. It is because it is true. But there is something about the phrasing of that old adage that is a little misleading. 'To err' suggests 'to make a small mistake.' That, by implication, puts 'to forgive' into a smaller category. We can all be gracious enough to overlook a minor misdemeanour but actually, the greater and more unacceptable the transgression, the more of a divine experience we can have when we allow ourselves to forgive it.

Thought of the Day - Makes no sense

Thought of the Day - Makes no sense

Some things simply make no sense. We can try to explain them till we're blue in the face. We can consult experts, type words and phrases into Google, look at them from every conceivable angle or even ask the person in our life who normally knows the answer to everything - we will still be none the wiser. The situation that we generally find ourselves facing fits this category. Don't question it; accept it. It brings a much-needed change that will yet lead to a precious new perspective. That will help us in many amazing ways.

Thought of the Day - Swallow a Fly

Thought of the Day - Swallow a Fly

'I know an old woman who swallowed a fly...' So goes the old song. There's nothing so remarkable about swallowing a fly. What marks this woman out for special attention is the spider, the bird, the cat, the dog, and the horse that she then progressed to. It's a children's classic because it contains a wonderful moral - When you are in a hole, stop digging! 

Don't try to solve one problem by creating another.

Thought of the Day - Past Mistakes

Thought of the Day - Past Mistakes

We may be racking our brains over a particular problem. We may even be putting ourselves down for our inability to solve it. But it is this cycle of criticizing ones-self that's probably our biggest obstacle to finding a resolution. We need to go easier on ourselves. We may be regretting some choices that we made in the past. We're dealing with the aftermath of those choices, and it may not be easy. The fact that we made those choices may have left us feeling mistrustful of our judgment. But just because we made mistakes in the past doesn't guarantee future mistakes. We need to believe in ourself and can blaze a new trail if we want to.

Thought of the Day - Crossroads

Thought of the Day - Crossroads

We have been searching for an answer. We need to know which direction to take at the crossroads that lies ahead. There are a few options, of course, but it is hard to compare them. Some of them seem frightening. Some of them seem wonderful. But which is the MOST wonderful? Which is the TRULY frightening? And can we really make a decision based on what we are now feeling? We need to trust ourselves, that's the only way to proceed. When we finally arrive at that crossroads, we will intuitively know which way to go. Follow our heart, and it won't lead us astray.