Gay Hendricks's blog

Learning something new is the bestest thing in the world. —Andrew Harper, age 7

What if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all in me, and that I stand in need of the alms of my own kindness; that I myself am the enemy that must be loved-what then? —Carl G. Jung

There are times I think I am not sure of something which I absolutely know—Mongkut, King of Siam

By now you’ve probably discovered the power of visualization in your life. You know how to create pictures in your mind of what you want to appear in your life. It’s a useful skill to have, because most of us come from a background in which we went around creating negative pictures in our minds unconsciously. Far better to create conscious pictures of what you want rather than spending the same energy creating unconscious picture of what you don’t.

In a word, neither death, nor exile, nor pain, nor anything of this kind is the real cause of our doing or not doing any action, but our inward opinions and principal.

-Epictetus

THE COSTLY HABIT OF PROJECTION

Dropping projection can liberate a vast amount of energy in your life. Every time you project, you attribute to others something that’s true for you.

To change your life: start immediately; do it flamboyantly; no exceptions—William James

You’re here to live out loud. One of the greatest sources of pain and suffering on this planet is the pain of unrealized potential. Many of you hang back from living out your dreams, hindered by those who specialize in squelching potential (which, of course, is usually because they aren’t living out their own potential).