Category Archives: Philosophic

Why do I do what I do when I know what I know

I consider myself to know and understand a lot about the principles of wealth and success. I have read plenty of books about success, attended presentations and conferences, and listened to many podcasts. I understand all this theory yet apparently I have not yet gained the wisdom necessary to put it all into practice. In …

13 February 2011 – 12:55:05 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic | Tagged , |

The Effort To Do

I have a guitar. I have had it for a long time. I kept it in the guitar case and took it out very rarely. I always wished I would practice it. I told myself I would practice more if I got a guitar stand so that I could just put it on the stand. …

29 August 2010 – 14:58:58 | By Jonathan | Posted in Entropic, Philosophic |

My Tiny Gratitude List

Since the number of things that I am grateful for could take my entire life to enumerate, I decided to make this short list of things that I am grateful for.

12 April 2010 – 23:11:25 | By Jonathan | Posted in Entropic, Feel Good, Philosophic | Tagged |

Soul Feasting

While discussing the topic of “feasting on the Word of God” (2 Nephi 31:20) today at church I presented the following analogy which I particularly like, as it helps me visualize better the need for me to study the scriptures daily. You have probably heard that we should feast upon the scriptures, in other words, …

11 April 2010 – 20:04:18 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic, Religious | Tagged , , |

The Kingdom

This is a follow-up to a previous post on the topic of “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God“. This scripture has continued to be on my mind. Having that be a focus of my thoughts, I was recently led to think specifically about what “The Kingdom” is.

23 February 2010 – 14:20:57 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic, Religious |

To What Do We Compare?

As I was driving down the freeway the other day, I caught myself gauging my own speed and progress by where I was in comparison to the other vehicles on the road. I looked down at the speedometer and realized that I was actually going faster than I should be. As I slowed down slightly, …

20 October 2009 – 22:42:06 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philosophic | Tagged |

I Am A Child of God

“I am a Child of God, and He has sent me here. Has given me an earthly home, with parents kind, and dear.” If that were the end of the blessings that He had given me, it would still be more than some of our siblings have been given. If that were the end of …

25 September 2009 – 12:43:14 | By Jonathan | Posted in Philanthropic, Philosophic, Religious | Tagged , , , , , , , |