Direction

Change your direction today, and tomorrow you will not meet the griefs you would have met.

~ Vernon Howard - 1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle

Life is made or destroyed by our choices – both large and small decisions are not without impact.

Our habits and automated behaviors are built from the choices of the past. You can make a new behavioral choice today and repeat it over the coming days to form a new habit.

Small trajectory changes have a large impact over time. You can change your life one choice at a time.

I believe in you.

American philosopher Vernon Howard [1918-1992] saw through the illusion of spiritual suffering in its many forms and showed the world the way to be free.  

There is a web site that carries on his work where you can find his audio and written works, as well as sign up for a daily message. Click here.

Howard taught that our minds hold the key that unlocks the secrets of life. Once we discard the wrong ideas we hold about ourselves, we make room for Something Higher to enter.

From the web site: All his teachings center around one grand theme:

There is a way out of the human problem and anyone can find it.

A very special lesson from Vernon Howard:

Make a decision to wake up

Straighten yourself up.

Look around you — see what’s there.

See those people or that person.

Walk alertly and awakedly.

DON’T DREAM.

DON’T DOZE.

DON’T WANDER AROUND.

DON’T RUSH.

This will make you rise above your fears.

It is your duty as a spiritual student

to stop taking orders from low places.

About me

Hi, I'm Ellen...

... and I am a writer, coach, and adventurer. I believe that life is the grand odyssey that we make of it.

I would like to help you live a truly magnificent and happy life no matter your age and current situation.

You deserve to experience your hero’s journey to its fullest.

What are you waiting for?

There is only now and the next choice.

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