Brennan's Old Blog

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world. -Jack Layton

 

The Want of Difficulty

The Ascent of Mont Blanc | Source Using Momentum & Mindfulness to Work Harder THERE’S A BATTLE within all of us. I try to detach for a moment, and recognize the duality — the two distinctive wants that battle for majority attention: The want...

On Second Thought

Technician in a Bangladesh Laboratory | Source Working Towards Something Better THE INTERNET IS a remarkable utility that has changed humanity forever. Never in history has information been more freely available. Past generations wouldn’t have been able to fathom the amount...

The Trick of Time

Window and Clock, Musée d’Orsay | Source “It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. … The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use...

The Duality of Purpose and Work

Person Making Clay Pot | Source How to effectively go about doing what’s truly important. **PART ONE: HAVING FAITH IN GRAND DREAMS ** Understanding the why of the work is the most important thing that’s needed when starting out. It’s so...