To Cherish Life, One Must Feel Gratitude for All of It

by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 16, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

It is rare to find a person who does not wish to go back in time and change events that happened. They must already know what has taken me a lifetime to learn; it would not do much good, for if we changed our experiences, we would not be the persons we are today. Our...

In Order to Overcome Our Challenges, Having Courage is Overrated

by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 14, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

Hurricane season in Florida is always nervy, especially when the expected development of a mounting storm becomes the centerpiece of media reports. Make no mistake, hurricanes need to be taken seriously. The devastation they leave in their wake is often beyond human...

Life Purpose Becomes More Powerful as You Mature

by Guillermo Vidal | Oct 9, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

It is common to believe we were all wired to be something special, but does this mean it just one thing for every lifetime? Is this special something connected to a career or accumulating worth? These two questions are worth pondering, especially since as parents,...

Death is the Only Legitimate Reason to Stop Chasing Your Passions 

by Guillermo Vidal | Sep 23, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

Sleepwalking through life makes us old. Once we stop doing what makes us happy, bring us fun, fill us with a sense of purpose (no matter what it is), we decay, as our joy for life atrophies. Our experiences help us evolve, they don’t age us or beat us down unless we...

Anger is too Bulky and Ugly a Load to Carry Well 

by Guillermo Vidal | Sep 18, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

We hear a lot about how everyone being angry about something these days. This is hard to disagree with when you consider all the instances of violence, fear-mongering and destructive political discord manifesting themselves in our society. I too see the signs of anger...

Make Pleasing Yourself Your Highest Priority

by Guillermo Vidal | Sep 4, 2019 | Becoming Your Best Self

In his book, An Audience of One: Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake, Srinivas Rao states,“Work for an audience of one. When the only person you are trying to please is yourself, judgements vanish, and in that process we become more present.” Damn it! I wish...