The quality of my life is going to depend on my response to the next thing that happens, not the next thing itself. We do have a choice on how we respond to stimulus. Notice that the quality of my life depends on the response and not on what happens or how I may choose... Continue Reading →

Is your opinion worth defending at the price of your ability to love another or yourself? Be well, Bryan

Zen and Tao The following is from a new book that's due to be out November. It's called "From Addiction to Remission." The book is based on my own remission from alcohol and drugs. It is also based in the concept of ongoing remission as opposed to recovery. "I am rethinking, if you will, the... Continue Reading →

We will never know the outcome before taking the action. Transience negates the possibility of knowing the future. There will always be probability and possibility if we stay open in acceptance. It's always been a problem for me. Wanting to know the outcome. I have spent many decades in trying to figure out what would... Continue Reading →

The realization that so much of what we think we know about ourselves was given to us by persons who didn’t even know who they were, much less who we are, is a great relief. You cannot be what others think about you, good, bad, or indifferent. We are not our thoughts so we cannot... Continue Reading →