Fear is real, but optional. You can either take a leap of faith (start your own business, get a sabbatical year travelling around the world…) or stay put paralized by fear. After all, fear is the save way to do nothing at all. Fear lives in the future, in the not-yet seen. Faith implies to be comfortable in the unknown…. View Post
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It’s easy to say to yourself, “I’m going to make this change” but then let yourself off the hook when things get tough or you get busy or stressed. Whatever you want to do, first throw your excuses away. That song is for whiners: I’m too old, now I’m too busy, you name it. Shut your mind up! Put the… View Post
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It is interesting to note that the English word coincidence means “to fall together” as indeed does the German word Zufall. The equivalent in French of “by chance” is par hasard, derived from the Hebrew as God wills it. Such thoughts might lead us to consider that every meeting with another human being has a meaning, that God wills it…. View Post