In No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh tells us that suffering is a part of life.
You can’t create a beautiful lotus flower without some stinky mud. As he says, lotuses don’t grow in marble. And… You can’t create a happy, flourishing life without some suffering. That’s just how it is. We need to embrace that reality.
In fact, Thay (as he’s known to his students) tells us that a big part of happiness is learning how to “suffer well.” We want to quit making our suffering worse than it needs to be.
Life can be frustrating at times. Some of the roads we CHOOSE to go down are not what we thought they might be. Sometimes we choose that road because we lean to our own understanding. Other times we just follow the crowd down that road.
When we place trust only in our own knowledge, we miss out on the special relationship we could be building with our Heavenly Father and our Savior, Jesus Christ.
On my desk sits a simple plaque. It simply says “IT IS WHAT IT IS”…. Now we have all heard that phrase at some point in our lives. On today’s echo we highlight Byron Katie’s book “Loving What Is”…. How often do we ARGUE with Reality????? Think about that today. How many times do you interpret “What IS” incorrectly…..HOPING maybe it isn’t what it is???? Once we begin to fully accept what is and then DO SOMETHING about it we will stop being frustrated. Take a look and remember…. “It Is What It Is”….
If you didn’t know it you might thing Ibuprofen is a daily vitamin most people use. It’s use/abuse is off the charts. If you want to see something scary just GOOGLE Ibuprofen adverse effect/reactions. On today’s echo K-Star talks about WHY we encourage patients to PUT DOWN THE IBUPROFEN…. Listen in and start to understand why you are swelling, having pain and what the Ibuprofen does to your bodies natural healing process.
I share a video from August of last year when we had our 29th Anniversary. As my sweetheart turns 30 again I share that video once again. How much I love my sweet angel. Anyone and everyone that knows Inger instantly feels her love. Inger has a zest for life EVERYDAY!!! I mean everyday!!!! How lucky I am to hear that laugh and see that smile everyday for over 30 years now. As we migrate to our 30th anniversary in a few months I can honestly say “It Just Goes too Fast”… Love you sweetie… Have the BEST Birthday Ever!!!!
Sleep expert Matthew Walker describes the perfect conditions for falling asleep quicker. Following is a transcript of the video.
Matthew Walker: My name is Matthew Walker. I am a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California Berkeley and I am the author of the book, “Why We Sleep.”
What are things that we can all do tonight and in the future to start getting better sleep? Well, beyond carving out a non-negotiable eight-hour sleep opportunity, there are probably at least five things that we can do.
For years Shad Helmstetter has been the “Micheal Jordon” of Self Talk. Whether you believe it or not you are involved in SelfTalk everyday of your life. Unfortunately most of the SelfTalk is negative. On today’s echo Shad talks about the research associated with SelfTalk and how you can implement more positive SelfTalk in your life.
What a great title… Love the title of Alan Cohen’s book. On today’s echo Brian gives you an overview of this book. So many great concepts in this book and why life doesn’t always go as planned??????? Well actually it usually goes as planned??? Confusing? Well take a listen and find out some things we can all do to STOP making your life suck…
That wonderful quote years ago from Abraham Lincoln rings true. “All that I am I owe to my Sweet Angel Mother”. Another Mother’s Day is upon us. On this Mother’s Day 2018 we celebrate my favorite people in this world. No greater love has this world seen aside from that of our Savior than that of a Mother. My life has been blessed with almost 52 years of that unconditional love from my sweet mother. Her life has been more about me (us) than it ever has been about her. I have watched my sweet wife for almost 30 years follow the example of her sweet mother in loving with that same love. As I have enjoyed the awesomeness of being a grandfather (far far) and now (mor far) I have watched my sweet daughter in law and daughter naturally become near perfect mothers. Why is it that these women all over the world can put aside all selfish desires and do more for us than we can for ourselves? Let us all try a little harder to not only recognize Mothers for being the single greatest profession in the world, but by showing them daily how grateful we are for them. We love you Mother’s and THANK YOU…..