We, as parents and teachers, often focus on and seek ways we can raise self-esteem in our children – but building self-esteem in children is NOT a goal in and of itself Self esteem is not a thing that can be taught It is a result In reality self-esteem is the natural consequence that comes from consciously practicing personal choice Teaching children that how they
On the path to peace, we encounter the struggle for balance between being consciously kind and loving and tolerating the intolerable. The Guiding Principles of Reality teach us that Love is the answer … that there is a gift in every single encounter, including the most painful ones. The principles emphasize that we must give up blame to find the peace and resolution we seek. And so
Recently the life of a friend, and fellow wayfarer on the path to consciousness, was taken by an act of ruthless brutality. In our struggle to understand how such a bright light could be so suddenly snuffed out by one whose thinking is clearly distorted … and left with questions like, “how do we even begin to think of forgiving? Is it permissible even, much
In response to Angela, a subscriber, who wanted to know how the idea that our feelings come from what we think, not what happens to us, applies to children: As children, the principle that we feel the way we do because we believe what we think, was equally applicable, it’s just that nobody told us that! So, we, like everyone else around us, blindly believed
Have you left a relationship and now find yourself wondering if it was the right thing to do? It’s simple really. How can you know that you should have left? Because you did. How do you know you should stay? Because you’re still there. When you find yourself walking out the door, you know it’s time to go. Chances are, no matter how much you
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