Author: saltshaker
Best Version of Yourself – by Rob Dial
“I’m not a very religious person, but I like to think that when we get to the end of our lives, we will meet that person we could have been had we lived up to our full potential. So, when I come face-to-face with God or whoever might be judging me, I want to have […]
Expectations VS Gratitude
Go through life with thankfulness and gratitude instead of expectations.
Note the Antidote
I approach fear the same way I approach almost everything else in life: with an antidote. Here’s what I mean: anger and gratitude, for example, cannot coexist in the same thought; it is cognitively impossible. The moment you are angry with your spouse, for example, is the moment you stop being grateful for having them […]
The Two Wolves
It’s as if there are two versions of me: one is calm, truthful, giving, forgiving, harmonious and wise, and the other is sometimes greedy, selfish, dishonest and argumentative. So when I wake up every day, I say good morning to both of them, but then I vow to only listen to the wiser of the […]
A Simple Life
My dad told me this story when I was a little kid, and even though many of us have heard it before (it was originally told by Heinrich Böll), I believe it deserves to be regularly shared, especially at every high school graduation around the world. Enjoy! One summer, many years ago, a banker was […]
What surprises the Dalai Lama most
Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future, that he does not enjoy the present moment. As a result, he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going […]
Developing True Courage
As long as we’re caught up in always looking for certainty and happiness, rather than honoring the taste and smell and quality of exactly what is happening, as long as we’re always running away from discomfort, we’re going to be caught in a cycle of unhappiness and disappointment, and we will feel weaker and weaker. […]
Our Human Situation (The 3 Marks of Existence)
The Buddha taught that there are three principal characteristics of human existence: impermanence, egolessness and suffering (or dissatisfaction). The lives of all beings are marked by these 3 qualities. Recognising these qualities to be real and true in our own experience helps us to relax with things as they are. I feel gratitude to the […]
I’m Sorry
Apologising doesn’t always mean that you’re wrong and the other person is right. It just means that you value your relationship more than your ego.