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Day 117: Sort of Funny…

Posted on October 28, 2022

So I was sitting here a few hours ago, trying to write a blog post and in no state to do one. In fact, I was pretty misaligned. I realized that I…

Day 110: Leaning Towards Relief

Posted on October 21, 2022

I’m very upset right now. We know you are, Chris! You are holding yourself in a lower vibration, one where you are the victim 🙂 Okay, fine. Fine, maybe so! I’m frustrated!…

Day 108: Happiness is an Inside Job

Posted on October 19, 2022

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about happiness, it truly is, as they say, an inside job. It seems that every time my happiness has expanded, it’s because of something I did,…

Day 98: Clearing Up Faulty Ideas

Posted on October 8, 2022

Chris, so you want your music to reach a wider audience, is that it? Um… yes. I do. Why are you hesitating? Um, well, I mean, I didn’t expect the question, but…

Day 95: Why Do You Try to Be Normal?

Posted on October 5, 2022

Chris wanted to let “us” step in today and give this “talk.” Thank you those who are reading this. Chris tends to diminish the importance of this blog, as if there are…

Day 77: A Process to Release Negative Thoughts

Posted on September 17, 2022

This year has been enormously instructive for me as I became more aware than ever of old negative thought patterns that aren’t serving me (ie the self-tormenting* kind). It’s been a process….

Day 76: Personal Happiness and The 80/20 Rule

Posted on September 16, 2022

A long time ago I learned about the 80/20 rule. Also called “Pareto Principle,” it is the idea that 20% of one’s efforts in any given endeavor are responsible for 80% of…

Day 74: The Mother of All Teachers

Posted on September 14, 2022

Happiness can be a moving target. Just when you think you have it “figured out,” you realize you are off course. It takes discernment to pay attention when this happens and to…

Day 71: They Are Just Thoughts

Posted on September 11, 2022

It’s a funny thing about our thoughts. Thoughts are like a running commentary on who we are, our lives, the people around us. Thoughts are our beliefs, our habits of thought. Some…

Day 70: Taming the Reading Hobgoblin 2.0

Posted on September 10, 2022

I wrote a post a few years ago called “Taming the Reading Hobgoblin.” In that post, I both accepted and lamented the fact that I was not following my reading game, in…

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