Vibram FiveFingers is a totally different shoe. It was named one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2007. They have expanded the definition of barefooting:
barefooting (bare•foot•n) n. 1. The exhilarating joy of going barefoot without leaving yourself exposed; 2. any activity requiring unconventional footwear offering the protection of a thin, flexible Vibram skin; 3. an [...]
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Tag Archive: Change
FiveFingers, a different shoe
Spirituality made simple
Over at Pick the Brain is an interesting post about Spirituality for Dummies. I fully agree that spirituality does not have to be religious.
Having spirituality simply means believing in something greater than yourself. It can be incredibly powerful to have a sense of spirituality in your life, and very often it can haul you through [...]
The Saint The Surfer And The CEO
The Saint The Surfer And The CEO is the third book by Robin Sharma that I have read. This book is about a person’s three final questions:
Did I live wisely?
Did I love well?
Did I serve greatly?
These questions are dealt with while the book’s main character spends time with the saint, the surfer and the CEO.
In [...]
What are you willing to leave behind?
I got this in one of my Daily Forwards Step:
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
André Gide
This rings true to me, we often have to leave things behind to be able to find something new.
To have what you want, what are you willing [...]
Ultimately the soft wins over the hard
I got this quote in one of my Daily Forwards Step:
Don’t be hard like a rock, be soft like water. Ultimately the soft wins over the hard. Be like water, soft, flowing, at ease. The hardness inside will eventually be reduced to sand, and the rock will completely disappear.
Lao Tzu
What areas of your life do [...]
Discover Your Destiny
Discover Your Destiny With The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari is labeled “A potent pathway to self-awakening that will help you to live your greatest life and claim the happiness, prosperity and inner peace that you deserve”. The book is written by Robin Sharma, author of The monk who sold his Ferrari.
The Monk is back [...]
Every Step Is Forward – No Going Back
DailyOM today is about Every Step Is Forward – No Going Back.
There are times when we feel that we are spinning our wheels in the mud in terms of our spiritual progress. This can be especially true following a period of major growth in which we feel as if we’ve gained a lot of ground. [...]
What did you learn today that could empower you in future?
This question turned up in my Daily Forwards Step. There was also this quote:
The greatest discovery of my lifetime was that a person can change the circumstances of his life by changing his thoughts.
William James
Change is an important issue, both on a personal level and for society and our world. It brings another quote to [...]
The risk you take if you change
This quote turned up in my Daily Forwards Step:
That’s the risk you take if you change: that people you’ve been involved with won’t like the new you. But other people who do will come along.
Lisa Alther
It is true that when you change not everyone around you like the new you. But I find changing myself [...]
Now Is The Time
DailyOm today is about Now Is The Time – Bloom Where You Are Planted. Part of the text goes like this:
We have a habit of presenting life with a set of conditions—ifs and whens that must be fulfilled before we will say yes to the gift of our lives. Now is the time for each [...]
