Whatever hole or pit you’re in is not permanent.
Unless you want to stay there.
And many folks do.
The deeper the hole, the greater the resistance.
But anyone can climb out if they open three hatches.
Continue Reading “How To Blow Out of Your Hole” My wake-up call reversed my happiness in one split-second.
On a routine afternoon in February 2019, my nervous system shorted out like Daffy Duck.
Neuropathy lit me up like a fireworks show.
Never felt nerve pain like that before.
And it kept going with no end in sight.
I told myself the same thing Daffy did.
“I should have known . . .”
I should have known that when you overload the body, it breaks down.
Two years of wandering through a jungle of nerve pain led to three discoveries about health and happiness.
Continue Reading “Boost Your Wake-up Call to a Happier Life” Simplify and free up your life in three minutes.
That’s how long it takes to catch three treasures from this parable.
Standing on a pier in Akumal last week, I thought about Heinrich Boll’s 1963 tale of a Mexican fisherman.
Continue Reading “How to Simplify Your Life in Three Minutes” Ernest Hemingway’s depression illuminates hope.
Not from the path he took. But the path he ignored.
On October 6, 1958, Ernest drove toward the site of his eventual suicide.
What he really wanted was a stiff drink.
So, he finds a bar in Sheridan, Wyoming.
Another patron says, “Look who thinks he’s Hemingway.”
Ernest wondered the same thing, tormented by . . .
His mantra, “Above all, endure,” wasn’t working.
Continue Reading “Hemingway’s Depression Lights Up a Detour to Hope” Worries overloaded the young doctor.
So, he sought a gypsy for advice.
“What do you see?” fretted the doctor.
“You will be poor and unhappy till age 50.”
“Well,” said the doctor, “what happens after that?”
“After that, you get used to it.”
Worries are bad habits, aren’t they?
They stick around if we let them.
But three steps banish worries quicker than a windstorm clears leaves.
Continue Reading “How to Overcome a Lifetime of Worries”