Sleepwake

 You're more asleep than you think when you're dreaming you're awake.

What we Work for

The purpose of a workforce is to move humanity forward, not use humanity up.

Within All is Opposites

Humans: When it's something we like it's "us"; when it's something we don't like it's "us and them."

Fair's Fair

You can't give 110% without going into debt.

Melody We Roll Along

A good melody will carry you a long way.

Nature of an Urge to Speak Speaks

Misery is snarky. Happiness is buoyant.

Definition of a Meme

Meme: eye, self and aye.

Presence

You don't have to be loud to be powerful, you just have to know who you are and tell it like it is!

Still Waters

A lack of complaint doesn't mean a person isn't aware of what is wrong.

Smiling Meditation

Meditate on the origins of your smiles.

Not Fit for Consumption

If you don't take the bait, it will just lie there, shrivel up and blow away.  It was never a meal.  It was an invitation to pain and suffering.

All Knowing Almost

They say, "The more you know, the more you know you don't know." Hmm. I don't know about that...

New Now Now

Make the improvements you'll wish you'd made a long time ago.

On "Be Yourself"

Ze Frank asked, "What do you think about the advice 'Be Yourself.'" Here is the Simple Complexity of it:

"Be Yourself" is a useful concept to dwell on; used in a balanced way and with the ballast of conscience it can lead to an ever increasing depth of self awareness. However if overused it can lead to an ever increasing sense of self consciousness and in extreme cases, a pathological narcissism.

Couched Hostility

If you have to laugh at what you're about to say but it's not funny - probably better not to say it.

Don't take the Bait

Non-violent resistance reveals the bullies.

The Opponent's Craziness: it's a trap!

The lure of the irrational is made magnetic when we allow ourselves to be fooled into thinking there is some sense to be found in it.

Character Shaping

Times of change can be stressful because we have to discern what we've learned that should be kept what we can let go of. The tactics we learn through the process education can help us make these distinctions, but it's still tough to make changes we're not ready for, because we're fine-shaping our character when we weren't planning on concentrating that hard.

Expanded Horizon

They say the camera adds ten pounds. I'd say the internet adds about thirty.

It's not that we "think too much" it's that we're onto something

Artists analyze to synthesize to entertain and enlighten!