Ron Winnegrad has been a Perfumer and teacher for 46 years. As a perfumer, Ron has been able to express the world he sees through a rainbow of olfactive and emotive visions. As a teacher, Ron has helped others to see fragrance through his own multi sensorial lens.
To endure means to keep going despite obstacles. Endurance is not a state of rest. It progresses forward. What endures renews itself and its effect through continuous activity. What endures does so through change, not in spite of change. Its effects are understood against the experience of change. Plants and […]
Diana Prince (WONDERWOMAN), Kara Danvers (SUPERGIRL), Clark Kent (SUPERMAN), Bruce Wayne (BATMAN) and Peter Parker (SPIDERMAN) assist people, assist communities and assist to keep happiness throughout the world. They all, without question, never seek acclaim, cheers or praise. They sometimes work together without being concerned on who is in front, […]
HAPPINESS comes from inner peace and inner balance. It requires INTEGRITY and STRENGTH WITHIN and GENTLENESS and ACCEPTANCE WITHOUT. Put differently, HAPPINESS is a matter of character and communication. People lack HAPPINESS because they lack inner stability. Then they chase after pleasure that cannot fill the emptiness inside them. […]
We show up at TWO CROSSROADS over and over multiple times a day, every day of the week. We do get to choose which PATH to take. The PATH of SHOULD which is how other people want us to live our lives. It is the PATH of the hopes that […]
A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES STARTS WITH ONE STEP. When we develop clever plans and ambitions, we lose sight of the way in which small, imperceptible things actually hold the key to what we seek. An effortless action, such as ONE STEP, can lead to A JOURNEY OF A […]
When faced with a BIG LIFE CHOICE where on one side life is as we know it and the other side is a TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE; we are not able to picture what life would be like on that other side. Our minds are inclined to misinform us. When you find […]
We EXPECT OUR FRIENDS to make us feel valued and loved and also to assist us to discover and inspire our best self. In essence FRIENDS should become instrumental in the architecture of our own character. To make us feel valued and loved our FRIEND must convey appreciation for the […]
If you would be AN EXCEPTIONAL PERSON, be mindful that it is not an ATTAINMENT but a MAINTAINMENT. Just as one does not remain a living being by taking a breath, only through continued breathing does one live. The EXCEPTIONAL PERSON continues as such by continued DELIBERATE THOUGHT OF THEIR […]
There are eight pillars of wisdom; EMOTIONAL REGULATION (the art of coping), KNOWING WHAT IS IMPORTANT (establishing value and making judgment), MORAL REASONING (right from wrong), COMPASSION (kindness and empathy), HUMILITY (the gift of perspective), ALTRUISM (fairness and punishment), PATIENCE (delayed gratification) and DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY (change). WISDOM is […]
As we grow older, we gain more knowledge. That’s mostly an advantage. But it can also lead us to ignore evidence that contradicts what we already know. That’s TUNNEL VISION or a fixed mindset. With knowledge, we can become too obstinate in our ways to change. EXPLOITATION is to […]
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