Category Archives: Change

BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 by Linda Deir, author of GUIDED

Posted on April 22, 2025 by jmaz479

“It’s time for a change, at least that’s what people think. It’s New Years and people want to change something about themselves. What if you can’t change? What if your life is scripted out ahead of time and you are … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 11th, 2025 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in AWARENESS

Posted on February 10, 2025 by jmaz479

“Don’t ask the world to change – you change first. Then you’ll get a good enough look at the world so that you’ll be able to change whatever you think ought to be changed. Take the obstruction out of your … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 by Donald Altman in ONE MINUTE MINDFULNESS

Posted on September 23, 2024 by jmaz479

“It takes courage to change routines, even minor ones, but more fully living each moment is what’s at stake. Even if a routine is useful, that doesn’t mean it has to be mind-numbing. Enter each routine today with the intention … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, December 19th, 2023 by Ragini Elizabeth Michaels in UNFLAPPABLE

Posted on December 18, 2023 by jmaz479

“Life is nothing but change–literally happening right before your eyes—moment to moment. When you disregard, overlook, deny, or refute the reality of change, you miss the flow of life. The problem arises when you try to control change—and that’s exactly … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 18th, 2023 by Ragini Elizabeth Michaels in UNFLAPPABLE

Posted on August 17, 2023 by jmaz479

“Mystics embrace change. They embody a deep acceptance of life’s ongoing movement and the uncertainty that movement creates. Without this attitude, the reality of impermanence complicates everything, since you can’t really count on anything remaining the same. On the other … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 by Ching Ning Chu in THICK FACE BLACK HEART

Posted on August 1, 2023 by jmaz479

“Most of the things we want think we want come at the price of leaving behind our familiar life and venturing into the unknown. Every time we accomplish something and move ahead, we have to exchange the known conditions of … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, July 28th, 2023 by Don Miguel Ruiz in THE FOUR AGREEMENTS COMPANION BOOK

Posted on July 27, 2023 by jmaz479

“Many times there are things in our lives that we don’t like, that we want to change, but we make the same mistakes, the same choices, expecting that the result will be different. Well, it will not be different. The … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, June 19th, 2023 by Ching Ning Chu in THICK FACE BLACK HEART

Posted on June 18, 2023 by jmaz479

“When drastic change and chaos occur in your life, a very effective antidote is inactivity. During the period of chaos, when everything you attempt to do to remedy a situation backfires, or you have to undo everything that has been … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, June 2nd, 2023 by Alan Cohen in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT

Posted on June 1, 2023 by jmaz479

“If you are trying to undo a past behavior pattern, there are two ways you unintentionally keep it alive: The first way is by judging and resisting it. What you resist persists. If you keep bringing it up, it will … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, April 20th, 2023 by Fr. Anthony DeMello in THE WAY TO LOVE

Posted on April 19, 2023 by jmaz479

“Here is something that you must understand: There are two sources for change within you. One is the cunningness of your ego that pushes you into making efforts to become something other than you are meant to be so that … Continue reading →

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PONDER on THIS for Monday, February 6th, 2023 by William Murtha in CREATE YOUR OWN LIFE Story

Posted on February 5, 2023 by jmaz479

“Why are so many of us inherently resistant to change – whether material change, or an inner-world shift of our beliefs and attitudes? It could have something to do with our ancient, two-million year-old brain whose sole intention is to … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021 by John Selby in EXPAND THIS MOMENT

Posted on November 2, 2021 by jmaz479

“Did you ever wonder why so many good people in the world yearn to improve nasty, unfair situations in the world, but seem to be so ineffective in generating positive change? The reason is that they are fighting reality, rather … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 1st, 2021 by Dan Millman in WAY OF THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR

Posted on September 30, 2021 by jmaz479

“If you don’t get what you want you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold onto it forever. Your mind is your … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, February 2nd, 2020 by Amit Goswami in GOD IS NOT DEAD

Posted on February 1, 2021 by jmaz479

“Spiritual traditions of the East understand the individual movements of consciousness very well, and that is what they emphasize. Living in the world produces an individual identity (ego) superimposed upon the cosmic God-consciousness. This is the ignorance that obscures the … Continue reading →

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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 24th, 2020 by David Simon in THE TEN COMMITTMENTS

Posted on November 23, 2020 by jmaz479

“Change is the only constant in life. It is the one thing we can count on. Most human suffering comes from resisting change. We either resist new things from entering or familiar things from leaving, and in this resistance we … Continue reading →

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