The thought I have for you today is this application of the idea of music. Music is such a powerful basic

When I think about what brings meaning to my life, what makes life meaningful, often for me it comes back

One metaphor that I like for life is this model of a filter. In some way we seem to act as

In the world of self-development and all this talk about living a better life and improvement, all these kinds of

One of the themes I keep coming back to is simplicity. Minimalism. Looked at minimalism of my physical possessions, the clutter that is around me, having clear, open space physically. And could also look at that in the clearness of time, having not too much clutter filling time, so that there’s open space in time,

It’s now been three years since I started this channel, and one year of a video every day, one year of a video every week, one year of a video every month, and now going down to one video every quarter. So when I started this, I was motivated by this idea that I was

So I now find myself back in the old place, piles of stuff everywhere, as I move back in and try to improve the situation here, try to make this the best home, the best living environment, that I can. And there’s so many different pieces, so many different things, and the to-do list has

A good state of mind is like fresh air, and a bad state of mind is like being stuck in a stuffy room. And I like this metaphor because we’ve all had that experience of being in a room where the air is very stuffy and still, closed windows, no circulation. And maybe we get

As I go on, I find that I have less and less to talk about, because things really become simpler. And looking for a meaningful life seems to be not so much about adding new things, finding something to add to basic life, but really more about removing distractions. So a lot of things that

It was while travelling around, doing a bit of a road trip around my home area, southern Ontario, got to near the furthest point away from my home, right down in the southwestern corner of Ontario, and I started to think about what really makes a home. What is it about home that makes it