Tag Archives: Daily Disciplines

The final superhighway to the land of your nightmares is one that the vast majority of people travel. It is part of our culture and it is part of our tendency as humans, and it will remain so until we recognize it and strive for something better. I call this superhighway the “You-Don’t-Say Expressway”. TravelersContinue reading “DAY FIFTY-ONE | Superhighways to the Land of Your Nightmares #6”

I call it the “Poor-Little-Old-Me Turnpike”. On this road, the traveler will buy into the lie that happiness comes to the lucky ones and that he is just not lucky. He will believe that some people just got a better break in life than he did and that it is simply his lot in lifeContinue reading “DAY FIFTY | Superhighways to the Land of Your Nightmares #5”

In the state of Kentucky there is a highway called the Bluegrass Parkway. It is a beautiful place to drive through the mountains and to take in the natural scenic landscapes that are dominant in that part of the country. On the Parkway, there are frequent pull-offs so that the driver and passengers can exitContinue reading “DAY FORTY-NINE | Superhighways to the Land of Your Nightmares #4”

The next superhighway to the land of your nightmares is the “Run-of-the-Mill Roundabout”. This is less of a highway and more of a circular trap that keep its prisoners in a perpetual state of insignificance. The traveler of this particular road has decided that mediocrity is not only acceptable, but that it is the bestContinue reading “DAY FORTY-EIGHT | Superhighways to the Land of Your Nightmares #3”

The second superhighway that will take us straight to a land of nightmares is the “Uncontrolled Access Throughway”. The traveler on the “Uncontrolled Access Throughway” believes that the process of prioritizing her life and establishing goals is a waste of time and not really worth the effort. There is no deliberate direction on this highway;Continue reading “DAY FORTY-SEVEN | Superhighways to the Land of Your Nightmares #2”

Sometimes, there is a benefit to shock value because it forces our minds to process things just a little bit differently. So, for the next 6 days, we are going to engage in some alternative, uncomfortable thinking. We can discover some paths that, when followed, will unquestionably take us towards defeat and sorrow. This discoveryContinue reading “DAY FORTY-SIX | Superhighways to the Land of Your Nightmares #1”

This critic within can be the harshest of all, and yet often I don’t even realize the havoc he is wreaking on my life. Wreaking. Is that a good word? When we set out to accomplish our dream, we make goals and determine the disciplines we need to form in order to have a successfulContinue reading “DAY FORTY-FIVE | The Critic Within”

Have you begun work on your affirmations yet? Most people merely think about the idea and never actually get around to doing it. Have you? The reality is that we can affirm most anything that we want to be true in our lives. We can affirm things that we want to accomplish or things aboutContinue reading “DAY FORTY-FOUR | Affirmations Revisited”

Yesterday is gone, but it would be a major mistake to assume that it is, or should be, forgotten. Our past holds all sorts of truths and revelations and lessons that sometimes we overlook in the moment, and only can truly grasp them when we look at these things from a distance. We also mustContinue reading “DAY FORTY-THREE | An Honest Look”

We have already discussed the principle of action and the motto, DO IT NOW. Today we will visit an idea that goes hand-in-hand with action: urgency. While action is always important, I think urgency applies more to the attitude of the action. Urgency is taking action with an awareness of purpose. This sets an exampleContinue reading “DAY FORTY-TWO | Urgency”