Are you grateful? “Grateful for what?” you may say, “I don’t have much to be grateful for.” But I suggest there is more to be grateful for than we realise. For example, we might be grateful not to be drifting in the Med aboard a leaky old tub, or grateful not to be dodging falling [...]
There is a lot of ‘stuff’ going on in my life at the moment. Sometimes it all gets a bit overwhelming. Which leads me to ponder on our human capacity for complaining. I don’t know about you (well, I suspect I do!) but the human default condition seems to be to moan about everything and [...]
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be grateful as you were born into this world at this time as a human being - don't worry, i have more to say about this in my next video… so stay tuned!
non-attachment & desire from The Wise Old Man on Vimeo.
Non-attachment The Bhudda said that all suffering comes from desire. If you desire nothing, expect nothing then what is there to pain you? However, for most of us, the elimination of desire is tricky. After all, even at the very basic level we desire to live! And moving up the scale, we desire (need) water, [...]
Tuesday 5th May 2105. There is a lot going on in my life at the moment; there is also something important missing. Structure. I have talked about structure in one of my video blogs. And for many of the projects I am engaged with, I have structures in place to make sure I achieve my [...]
authenticity from The Wise Old Man on Vimeo.
You are so lucky! The Wise Old Man is revealed! He is Jim (sorry, no, not the Stigg!). So from now on you will hear from Jim rather than The Wise Old Man! It is Jim who features in the videos, supported by Marc and Nigel, fellow inspiritors (a new word?)… who believe in and [...]
Time to lock up and go to bed. I check the door, turn the key and place it on its hook. I go upstairs and begin emptying my pockets onto my desk. Money, phone wallet, keys. among my keys is the key to the front door. so how come I distinctly remember placing it on [...]
