News for December 2007

On Resilience

1. The funny thing about heartbreak is that you get over it sooner or later. Some people may not think its funny at all, but sooner or later the feelings you thought would never go away vanish, until you are left with a remnant and perhaps a life lesson.

2. Some feelings seem like theyll last forever. But this overlooks the fundamental truth of lifechange. The greatest gift (and perhaps curse) human beings possess is resilience. The ability to bounce back. That’s what we do. It is what we are. It is in our DNA.

3. Even though we intellectually understand the truth of resilience, we let fear overtake us. Fear of heartbreak. Fear of loss. Yet, loss is a part of life. And heartbreak makes us grow.

4. How many opportunities have you missed because of fear? Did you let heartbreak evolve into cynicism? Did you let someone slip through your fingers who could have brought something new to your life? Did fear cause you to stop when you should have gone forward?

5. Acknowledge resilience. Acknowledge that for every pain we thought would never go away, it eventually did. We get over things. We move on. It is life.

6. Fear of loss is the tool of those who seek to lead you into foolishness. You need not fear loss. Acknowledging the resilience within you will free you from this bond and open the door to possibilities once thought unimaginable.

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Posted: December 19th, 2007
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The Blogger has Awaken

Long time no blog. My utmost apologies to all of you. Those who know me personally know that I am going through a bit of a transition period as I adjust to the, for lack of a better word, single-father-raising-his daughter-life (in a foreign country no less!).

Let me just say the lessons I have already learned (and continue to learn) on the topics of time management, making solid relationships, and the importance of possessing less could give me about a year’s worth of material on this blog.

And I should also mention that I understand now more than ever the importance of continually developing yourself. Those of you with children might know what I mean when I say that the time we devote to developing ourselves trickles down into our children’s development.

So, Possess Less Exist More is back! I’ll most likely go back to my 3 posts a week schedule. But for now, I wanted to share with you a video of my new “dream apartment”. Its about 650 sq. feet for two of us. But having little space is actually a lifesaver (I’ll blog more on the joys of having a small place–especially if you are like me and hate to clean).

The video is not that good and I shot it in haste. I’ll try to get a beter one up here soon with some commentary. Maybe the beginnings of some video blogging as well.

Thanks to all of you who e-mailed me wondering where I was. I do still exist and live joyfully.

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Posted: December 13th, 2007
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