a daily blog on well-being and how to feel better by Mark Barger Elliott…

It’s interesting to consider what circumstances make us act. We might act to fulfill an obligation. We might act to avoid an embarrassing situation. Naval Ravikant has this advice – “Inspiration is perishable – act on it immediately.” Inspiration can be a big or small idea, creative or practical. But it is always an invitation…

I received a lovely Christmas present of Marie Popova’s book The Universe in Verse where she wrote this about trees: “Trees hungrily absorb red light – the longer wavelengths of the visible spectrum – but the neighboring infrared passes straight through them. Under the canopy, where fierce competition for these wavelengths rages, red light is…

Aryna Sabalenka is a Belarusian tennis player who is #1 in the world. I came across an article this week where she described how a few years ago she was struggling with her game to the point she almost quit tennis. Then she made the decision to “try one more time, try something else to figure…

David Bohm was the most significant theoretical physicists of the 20th century. In his book Wholeness and the Implicate Order he makes a fascinating point about the importance of observing what we measure in our life. He writes, “The Latin mederi meaning ‘to cure’ (the root of the modern medicine) is based on a root…

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit,” observed Aristotle. This was Steve Jobs favorite quote. It reminded him anything is possible if a system of habits are established to achieve a goal worthy of our effort and time. It is always worth reflecting on the habits we…

It is interesting to ask ourselves what moves us forward? Is it ambition? A feeling of restlessness? A desire to make a difference? A goal we have set for ourselves? Joseph Campbell, the mythologist, once observed, “awe is what moves us forward.” What moment or event in your life moved you forward? Is awe an…