From The Book of Changes by Brian Browne Walker: Enthusiasm Proper enthusiasm opens every door. The I Ching teaches there are two kinds of enthusiasm: one that leads to misfortune and one that leads to success.  You can proceed with confidence now if your enthusiasm is properly founded. Improper enthusiasm is fueled by the desires…

Good things take time to build, yet just your decision and commitment immediately starts the process of its creation.  With every thought, word and deed, you are moving in that direction. Continue to focus your thoughts, energy, words and actions in the direction of what you want to create.  Feel how it would feel.  See…

A wise man suggested to me, “Sometimes God puts you on your back so you can look up.” These are challenging days for many people. These are the toughest financial times since the Great Depression for most of the world. Many people are finding themselves being forced to look up because they are on their…

  One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, the well needed to be covered up anyway and it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all…

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