She didn’t eat healthily and she didn’t follow her purpose.
“It’s not about purpose. It’s not about healthy eating. It’s not about rest, or relationships, or religion or exercise. I only have two secrets that helped me live to 103-years old.”
The woman on the tv screen was mesmerizing. My dad and I sat together smiling, hanging onto her every…
It all starts with these three questions
With slippery hands gently clutched around my knees, back curled over ninety-degrees, face looking down into the scalding cement pavement, I focused on catching my breath and wiping off the ovular drops of sweat that were relay-racing from the top of my forehead down into my eyes and congregating just…
“I wish I was more willing to forgive.”
“There was blood everywhere. But wait, let me backtrack.”
“This piercing voice was screaming so loudly that I could hear her from the second floor. She lives on the fourth. I’m a nurse, so when I hear somebody screeching, “Heeeeelp! Heeeeelp!” I spring into action. I jolted out of my…
When things seem too big, approach them with small.
A monk told Joshu, “I have just entered this monastery. I beg you to teach me.” Joshu asked, “Have you eaten your rice porridge?” The monk replied, “I have.” “Then,” said Joshu, “Go and wash your bowl.”
At that moment the monk was enlightened.
This zen story shows the simple, yet small power of tiny actions to make big changes. It doesn’t take much. Sometimes all you need, is a minor shift, to make a major improvement.
Some stories from this week to represent this mindset:
mind cafe’s picks of the week
- 6 Tiny Habits That Can Boost Your Sex Life As a Man by Growth Lodge
- 3 Daily Challenges That Will Strengthen Your Mental Fortitude by Jesse Pedersen
- The 3 Words That Will Make You More Empathetic by Jamie Logie
Until next week.
Much love,
Jordan
Or can they co-exist?
Today starts the beginning of my 20-week guilty pleasure…
Football Sunday!!!
Every Sunday from now until the end of the NFL season, I melt into my couch, eat a few cheat meals, and watch football on TV all day long.
Guilty pleasures are necessary. They help us maintain a balance between work and enjoyment. They keep our lives in moderation.
What’s yours?
mind cafe’s picks of the week
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Much love,
J
there’s rarely only one way to do things.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
We have fully sold out our first ever storytelling workshop, and we already have people on the waiting list. We’ll let you know if things…
on mind cafe’s first ever storytelling workshop.
There are only 2 spots left!
A reminder about the info below:
who is teaching the class: best-selling author of 3 books, 2x TEDx speaker, and mind cafe’s editor, Jordan Gross
what will you get out of it: 2 peer-reviewed 500–1000 word stories with ‘feedforward’; 1–1 suggestions and feedforward from…
mind cafe’s first ever storytelling workshop.
come join us!
who is teaching the class: best-selling author of 3 books, 2x TEDx speaker, and mind cafe’s editor Jordan Gross,
what will you get out of it: 2 peer-reviewed 500–1000 word stories with ‘feedforward’; 1–1 suggestions and feedforward from Jordan; a better understanding of stories and their importance…
Try guilt-free weekends.
My girlfriend loves her birthday. But she loves it for every reason except that it’s a day about her. In fact, in her big beautiful blue eyes, it’s a day about everyone else. …
You do realize none of this would exist, right?
When was the last time you fucked?
You heard me! When. Was. The. Last. Time. You. Fucked.
Ah, no response. Crickets. Well, I bet I got your attention.
He was right. I’d heard Mr. X was going to be a handful, but never did I think he’d have my undivided…
