My reality or yours?

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“We are all captives of the picture in our head . . . our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.” — Walter Lipmann, American writer and political columnist. We’ve often talked about separate realities, a term Sydney Banks used to describe the difference in each individual’s response to any given … [Read more...]

Gratitude, a beautiful perspective

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Twice each week I receive a newsletter from Robert Genn, a well-known B.C. artist. They are inspiring and generally related to the creative process. While I am not an artist, I find real value and insights in much of his writing. Recently he wrote on gratitude, a topic that we’ve talked about before but which somehow seemed worth … [Read more...]

In–security

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One of life’s greatest pursuits is that of security. We imagine that we’ll feel secure if we have enough money, possessions, education, love, friends, praise or enough fame. With this as our focus we then set about to protect ourselves from feelings of insecurity by making sure we have enough of whatever we imagine will keep those feelings at … [Read more...]