“To change a person must face the dragon of his appetites with another dragon, the life-energy of the soul”.
Rumi
I’m writing in a journal that has in it the poetry of Rumi, the 13th century Sufi mystic. It’s very beautiful and just as I was writing about needing to change various aspects of my business, I turned over the page and there was this quote! Very apt. Maybe it will be for you too.
For copies of this journal, visit here and enter Rumi in the search function. [read more]
“When the storm is brewing and the winds are picking up all around you, moving to a different place in yourself is much more important than moving to a different place on the mountain”
Taken from Michael Gerber’s The E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World-Class Company.
If we consider that our own personal world is like a mountain, then this quote is very apt. Imagine climbing a mountain when the weather suddenly changes; the very first thing that needs to be done at least is to stop and take a decision about whether to continue climbing or not — and if you can’t do that. What is required is an inner shift. From that inner shift, [read more]
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
Some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
Who violently sweep your house
Empty of its furniture,
Still, treat each guest honourably.
He may be clearing you out
For some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
Meet them at the door laughing,
And invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
Because each has been sent
As a guide from beyond.
(From The Essential Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks; Harper Collins, 1995. P. 104). [read more]
I was just out having a walk in the snow-covered park next door to me, and noticing that it was a lot easier to tread where others had already been, rather than make my own way through pristine, white, untouched snow.
And this led me to remember the saying by Newton ‘if I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants’. I reflected on the fact that I am treading in others’ footsteps as RichThinkers grows and develops, and these footsteps allow me to see further and in a different way than before, and for that I’m very grateful to those going before me.
Not that they even necessarily know more, or can do [read more]
I have used the principles I write about here in RichThinkers to bring about all kinds of things in my life, including running a successful counselling practice and health clinic business. Coming from a place of inspiration has enabled me to bring meaning and magic into all that I do, and my background in psychotherapy and counselling, combined with practical business skills, means I am uniquely positioned to help you in both the inner and the outer levels of success. (more…)
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Obama, passion and achieving your goal
Last night I watched the re-run of President Barack Obama’s address in Iowa City about health care reform in the USA.
Why did I want to watch? Having read both Hillary and Bill Clinton’s autobiographies over the years, I knew what a very thorny subject this has been in America, so I was interested when I heard that Congress had passed a bill — something both the Clintons and many other presidents had tried and failed to do.
You can see his speech here, it’s about 20 minutes, and really worth listening to simply for the experience of listening to a great orator, even if nothing else.
But what relevance has this to a s/e person or a small business [read more]