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What are we teaching our kids? – Julian Summerhayes

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ― Albert E…

What a circus! – Julian Summerhayes

“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.” ― Haruki Murakami, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 24 Stories We run around trying to find meani…

what – Julian Summerhayes

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question. ― E. E. Cummings My work always starts with a question. And you’ll be surprised to le…

We’ve messed it all up – Julian Summerhayes

Perhaps I’m in the minority — it sure seems that way — but how did it get like this? Namely, we’ve so taken advantage of and traduced the world so as…

We’re wired for success – Julian Summerhayes

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche No, not that sort of success. Rather, the innate variety: health, wellb…

We’re running out of time – Julian Summerhayes

To be an elder, in other words. That’s the condition of elderhood: to be gathered into wakefulness. — Stephen Jenkinson, Come of Age: A Case of Elder…

We’re running out of time… – Julian Summerhayes

..to save the planet. And what are we doing to halt the inexorable decline? Very, very little. Look at our roads. Look at our skies. Look at our seas…

We’re not perfect – Julian Summerhayes

What’s in a word? Who knows but as much as I aspire to be a better person — more rounded if you will — perfect[ion] is not and neither should it be t…

We’re never satisfied – Julian Summerhayes

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” — Aristotle I wish it were otherwise, but we’re all chasing the next fix. If it’s not some bright shiny object, w…

We’re all going to die – Julian Summerhayes

“Probably like you, there’ve been times I’ve looked up from something I once thought important or worthy, my little life’s work, and I’ve thought: “W…

We’re all going to die… – Julian Summerhayes

Here’s the full quote from which these few words are taken: “We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each ot…

We’re all going to die – Julian Summerhayes

These words come from a Bukowski poem, which I’ve shared many times. But it’s true…at least to the ‘me’, i.e. the false self. And, of course, it’s sc…

Well-being – Julian Summerhayes

Do you remember the book “I’m OK — You’re OK“? It’s a long time ago since I read it; but from a non-dual perspective, it beautifully sums up the idea…

Weekly podcast: Sunday, 18 December 2016 – Julian Summerhayes

The oneness of life https://juliansummerhayes.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Podcast-18-December-2016-4.mp3 Download the podcast (this will take you …

We will all soon be selling products (not services) – Julian Summerhayes

I am not yet the in the camp that promulgates “it’s like selling a tin of beans”. Some service lines have or soon will be thought of as a commodity, …

We try so hard – Julian Summerhayes

For now, I’ve decided to change the look and format of my blogs. I’m going to drop the pictures, and the quotes and keep to a maximum of 500 words. W…

We try so hard – Julian Summerhayes

I’m not especially proud of my roots. For a start, I received no education outside of school — which was shit, anyway — and certainly nothing that wo…

We seek it here…, we seek it there…, – Julian Summerhayes

We seek it … everywhere … an OPPORTUNITY As Seth Godin said in his blog post of 18 January 2011 “A [cheque] in your wallet does you very little good….

We only pass this way once | Julian Summerhayes

we are all mortal. too often we forget to stop, breathe and just live in the moment. rush, rush, rush. doing it, doing it, doing it. we lose ourselve…

We live in hope – Julian Summerhayes

“When everything is subject to money, then the scarcity of money makes everything scarce, including the basis of human life and happiness. Such is th…

We know everything – Julian Summerhayes

And yet… We know nothing. The trouble is, we’re never quite sure where to place our attention. First this talk. Then this book. Then this teacher. Or…

We don’t need much – Julian Summerhayes

In the end, and not because I say so (god forbid), we don’t need much to be happy. Me: my family — especially the laughs, food and stories; music; ar…

We are all entrepreneurs – Julian Summerhayes

“All human beings are entrepreneurs. When we were in the caves we were all self-employed . . . finding our food, feeding ourselves. That’s where huma…

Wasted ambition – Julian Summerhayes

This year I will be 47. That means I’ll have been working for 34 years. When I think back to all the jobs I’ve done, one thing remains constant, name…