We have to shore this thing up like a New Orleans levy. — Richard Carlson New orleans Copy Share Image
“Criticism, like swearing, is actually nothing more than a bad habit.” — Richard Carlson Bad habit Copy Share Image
“I guess it´s safe to say that practice makes perfect. It makes sense, then, to be careful what you practice” — Richard Carlson Practice Copy Share Image
“slowing down your responses and becoming a better listeners aids you in becoming a more peaceful person” — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
Children listen best with their eyes. What you do is what they hear. — Richard Carlson Child Copy Share Image
“Many people live as if life were a dress rehearsal for some later date.” — Richard Carlson Life Copy Share Image
What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity. — Richard Carlson Expectations Copy Share Image
Life is a process--just one thing after another. When you lose it, just start again. — Richard Carlson Life Copy Share Image
It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to be serious… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
“Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
Retirement can and will be a glorious time in your life. You'll love the freedom and ability to try new things. It's… — Richard Carlson Ability Copy Share Image
“When we’re busy making “other plans,” our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our… — Richard Carlson Children Copy Share Image
No one knows exactly where thought comes from, but it can be said that thought comes from the same place as whatever… — Richard Carlson Alive Copy Share Image
Ironically, when you surrender your need to hog the glory, the attention you used to need from other people is replaced by… — Richard Carlson Attention Copy Share Image
Minding your own business . . . includes [avoiding] eavesdropping, gossiping, talking behind other people's backs, and analyzing or trying to figure out other people. — Richard Carlson Business Copy Share Image
The old adage, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is' isn't always correct. In fact, the suspicion, cynicism,… — Richard Carlson Adage Copy Share Image
Wholeness or health is our natural state. The nature of healing involves removing obstructions to this natural state and bringing individuals into… — Richard Carlson Alignment Copy Share Image
One of the mistakes many of us make is that we feel sorry for ourselves, or for others, thinking that life should… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
“If you can begin to see that your thoughts are not the real thing – they’re just thoughts, and as thoughts they… — Richard Carlson Depression Copy Share Image
If, however, you take a moment to observe how you actually feel immediately after you criticise someone, you'll notice that you will… — Richard Carlson Ashamed Copy Share Image
It's the recognition that other people's problems, their pain and frustrations, are every bit as real as our own - often far… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
“Almost universally, when people look back on their lives while on their deathbed [...] they wish they had spent more time with… — Richard Carlson Aspects of life Copy Share Image
Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the… — Richard Carlson Automobile Copy Share Image
“Wise people throughout history have been those who saw that while life is real, life’s problems are an illusion, they are thought-created.… — Richard Carlson History Copy Share Image
When your goal is to build people up, to make them feel better, to share in their joy, you too reap the… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
“Once you understand that you are the thinker of your own thoughts, and that your mind doesn‘t produce ‘reality’, it produces ‘thoughts’,… — Richard Carlson Depression Copy Share Image
“In our relationships, weatherproofing typically plays itself out like this: You meet someone and all is well. You are attracted to his… — Richard Carlson Bad idea Copy Share Image
“Get Comfortable Not Knowing There once was a village that had among its people a very wise old man. The villagers trusted… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
“As our appreciation of happiness in relationship increases, we take notice of the things that tend to take us away from this… — Richard Carlson Gratitude Copy Share Image
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is… — Richard Carlson Anxiety Copy Share Image