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BEING REBORN EVERYDAY…Winnegrad

                                         Taking this perspective on life could be a benefit to one’s continuation. Waking up every morning is like a REBIRTH, for that day. It is a RENEWAL, REVIVAL, A RECOVERY from the day before. If handled properly, a REBIRTH.  If a mistake is made, the next day you are […]

THE FEELING OF AN OLD BANANA…Winnegrad

                                      There are those that search for and collect paintings of the past or search for items of the past. Yes there are true values to be found in these items. Yes there is a true value of antiques. The older they get the more the value climbs. An antique […]

THE POWER IN BEING VULNERABLE…Winnegrad

                                    VULNERABLE is considered to be UNPROTECTED, EXPOSED and DEFENSELESS. But not allowing yourself to be in that situation of VULNERABILITY, you will avoid taking risks. If you do not take a risk you avoid failure. When you avoid failure you also lose the opportunity to learn something. THE POWER […]

ALL ASSOCIATIONS ARE SPECIAL…Winnegrad

                                     Many years ago, when my son was 6 or 7 years old we went every Saturday to a restaurant on the upper east side for lunch. Then in the evening I would go back myself or with friends for dinner. After doing that consistently for about a year the […]

DON’T FORGET…Winnegrad

                                            We are so engaged in doing things to achieve purpose of outer value that we FORGET that the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about. We have to learn to get back into harmony with the wisdom of nature and […]

WAY OF LIFE…Winnegrad

                                            Lao-Tzu said; “A man is born gentle and weak. In his elder years he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. In their aged time they are withered and dry. The gentle and yielding are the followers of life. A tree that is unbending […]

NEGATIVE THOUGHTS…Winnegrad

                                                   Having THOUGHTS that cover the area of; I am not good enough, I am not worth it, I can’t achieve that, what can one do when these NEGATIVE THOUGHTS enter the mind. Bruce Lee had a comment that could address such NEGATIVE worries; “The mind is like a fertile […]

ENLIGHTENMENT..Winnegrad

                                          With ENLIGHTENMENT we lose our fears, anxieties, bad reactions and bad habits. ENLIGHTENMENT brings to us; wisdom, awareness, self-illumination. ENLIGHTENMENT in essence means the recognition of the harmony within the deep-rootedness of life. As Lao-Tzu said; “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is ENLIGHTENMENT.”  There are those that get […]

WHAT DO YOU SEEK…Winnegrad

                                               Here are some statements I learned from the Native Americans. Vernon Cooper said, “THESE DAYS PEOPLE SEEK KNOWLEDGE, NOT WISDOM. KNOWLEDGE IS OF THE PAST; WISDOM IS OF THE FUTURE.” We tend to be satisfied with the knowledge and relax with it rather than take that knowledge and build […]

THE TREE OF ABSOLUTE SUPPORT…Winnegrad

                                   THE TREE OF ABSOLUTE SUPPORT has ROOTS that go deep into the ground. It provides nourishment such as; to take care of, to keep an eye on, to assist in maintaining, to guide, TO SHOW LOVE. These ROOTS go deep. Those that are LEAVES ON THE TREE OF ABSOLUTE […]