Trait: A distinguishing feature of your personal nature; An identifying characteristic, habit or trend; A feature that is genetically controlled. Traits are deep rooted characteristics of who we are. Some of them are genetic – given to us by our parents, and others we acquire as we go through life. Certain traits become stronger as [...]

There is a popular proverb about 2 fighting wolves or dogs inside of us. One version of the proverb goes like this: One evening, an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. 

He said, “My son, the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is Evil – [...]

This article over at zen habits, is so good, I have to just put a link to it here. It perfectly outlines a tenant of having and keeping peace in life: see the glass as broken. When we expect things to go wrong, and roll with them as part of the adventure of life, we [...]

“Do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal” (2 Cor. 4:18). Reading through this passage today reminded me of an idea I first heard about while reading a book [...]

“The first and best victory is to conquer self.” – Plato The single most important thing to get what you want out of life is to develop and master self discipline. There is simply nothing more powerful than being able to tell yourself what to do – and to do it. Master that and the [...]