The Value of Honesty
From a young age we discover the convenience of lying. With a simple twisting of words, a slight omission of details, problems seem to disappear. Suddenly, we avoid punishment for our wrongdoing. With these few words, we can conceal our true thoughts, cover our true motives. While we all use white lies, or lie by omission, ...
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Talking to Strangers
What is the first lesson you remember learning as a child? What was the first thing your parents impressed upon you of utmost importance? For many, that first important lesson was "don't talk to strangers." While an important lesson to impart upon defenseless and naive kids, we tend to hold on too strongly to this lesson of ...
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All We Need is Love
Love is a force with such power it is hard to believe. What other emotion has the ability to so alter our perception of the world? What other feeling could drive humans to utterly enslave themselves for another? What other force for good will cause someone to give up their life, other than love? Love is hard to define. Could ...
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Feed the Right Wolf
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life: “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. ”It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil–he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He ...
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True Strength
There is a misconception out there that echoes through common perception, finding a home and resonating with great intensity in minds sick with hatred. This belief has reared its ugly head and caused humanity to enact tragic evil upon ourselves throughout history. Many of our worst attributes, from violence, hatred, and ...
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The World of Truth – Part One: The Man
Sometimes, when I think about our world, it seems like it's the largest Play ever performed. We walk around dressed in costumes with painted faces and pretend. We do things we don't like so we can be accepted. We hide our weirdness to fit in with others who are hiding theirs, in order to feel a connection with other people's ...
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Don’t be the Fly
Have you ever watched a fly trying to get out of a window? It repeatedly bashes itself into the same spot over and over again, never getting any closer to its goal, yet on it goes. Drawn by the light, it charges head first toward its goal without any idea why it is constantly failing to reach what it wants. To the fly, ...
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