• Life Events – Suffering Is Optional

    Issue #126, October 30, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! When life gets topsy-turvy it can be difficult to make sense of it all. This month, Robin offers some deep and heartfelt reflections on the lessons available during personal challenges. We hope they are helpful. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Life Events - Suffering Is Optional By any measure, October was a personally challenging month. All around me, family and dear friends experienced a series of unwelcome calamities: death, serious and sudden illnesses, terrorism, and a house fire, to name a few. Each was a

  • Letting Go

    Issue #122, June 30, 2023 Welcome to Insights and Implications! Isn’t it interesting that loosening our grip sometimes helps us steer the proverbial horse? This month, Nikki Platte is exploring this phenomenon while traveling with her young daughter, but the reflection applies to all of us. Read on for more. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Letting Go   I’m spending the week in Washington DC with my 8-year-old daughter, which mostly means I’m playing chase. And answering a ton of questions. And figuring out how to get everywhere and planning her snacks and our itinerary

  • Suffering or Growth?

    Issue #33 - May 30, 2016 Welcome to Insights and Implications! When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. Or just see it as thought. All the best, All of us at Insight Principles Suffering or Growth? There is a saying here in the US - when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. This proverbial phrase suggests finding something good or positive in something difficult (making sweet lemonade out of sour lemons). Nice saying, but let’s consider a deeper point. Sometimes, life happens. You have your preferences and desires, and then - there is life. When confronted with something you don’t

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