...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 Accepting Copy Share Image
“I’m merely talking about learning to be less bothered by the actions of people.” — Richard Carlson Education 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
Life is a process--just one thing after another. When you lose it, just start again. — Richard Carlson Life Copy Share Image
What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity. — Richard Carlson Expectations Copy Share Image
One of the most dynamic and significant changes you can make in your life is to make the commitment to drop all… — Richard Carlson Commitment 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
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
“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 Big deal Copy Share Image
The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low. — Richard Carlson Be grateful 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
Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children,… — Richard Carlson Acknowledge 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 Avoiding Copy Share Image
Try to maintain the perspective that, in time, everything disintegrates and returns to its initial form. — Richard Carlson Form 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 Handle 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
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. — Richard Carlson Illness 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 makes perfect 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 Assistance 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