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On Brooding

June 21, 2017 by Tom Johnston

Welcome To Limbo…. Brooding is a reflection that you haven’t learned how to relate to things appropriately. Every once in a while, brooding can be a good thing–as you turn something over in your mind, looking at it multiple angles, learning. But more often than not, brooding reflects a mind and soul that have not … Read more

Mind With God

June 21, 2017 by Tom Johnston

How would your mind look if it was aligned with God? Less think think think. More gentle know know know. Intuition (aka thoughts from God) would guide you. Calculation would play less of a role in most (though not all) areas. You would radiate peace. You would look kindly on the foibles of others and … Read more

On Struggle

June 21, 2017 by Tom Johnston

Why do you struggle? This is a great question.

Here’s one suggestion, not always the answer perhaps, but one suggestion nonetheless.

Perhaps you remain beclouded so that you read, think, experience, and learn things that bring you closer

Are You A Flower Or A Machine?

June 21, 2017 by Tom Johnston

I have a question for you. Do you try to force life into a rigid grid of expectations, or does it flow and grow like a flower in bloom or a vine weaving its way around a trellis? In my experience, we become miserable when we insist that reality fit into a narrow band of … Read more

When In Doubt

June 21, 2017 by Tom Johnston

Pray. Then think (but not forever!). Then do. Then, remember to relax….

Quote: “Give me a fruitful error any time…”

February 25, 2018June 20, 2017 by Tom Johnston

“Give me a fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile truth for yourself.” Vilfredo Pareto.

Listen To Your Body

June 19, 2017 by Tom Johnston

Americans and other nationalities of a certain class and education level seem to have been educated right out of listening to their bodies. It’s as if the emphasis on critical thinking (generally a good thing) displaced intuitive perception to our detriment. Listen to your body.

Brute Force It

June 21, 2017June 19, 2017 by Tom Johnston

Sometimes you just have to brute force your way out of confusion and failure into knowledge and success.

Don’t know how to XX? Just hurl yourself at the problem–iterating hundreds and thousands of time. We are talking countless hours, weeks’ and months’

The Power of Thought is Immense–But Action Moves The Dial

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 by Tom Johnston

There is much discussion on the internet about the law of attraction, the power of thoughts, etc. I don’t discount any of this. Yes, thoughts can and do beget deeds. And, yes, altering your thinking alone can dramatically shift your life.

But

The Tyranny of Version 1.0

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 by Tom Johnston

I’m convinced that a ton of people never achieve their dreams because they are so dismayed by the quality of version 1.0 of whatever their vision calls them to do.

You dream of writing a novel and becoming a writer. You start your first piece of fiction. You recognize it sucks