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A Tribute to a Co-worker
December 27, 2011 by Andre Best
Most of us have jobs that we are required to be at for most of the week. Because of this, most of us still have co-workers that we are around for the majority of our week. Some of those co-workers we enjoy, we talk with, we arrange things with, we report to, and some, we befriend.Posted by Andre Best on December 27, 2011 | Comments (0)
Busy Having the Time of Your Life
June 29, 2011 by Andre Best
We all have the same amount of time. We all have the same amount of time to use, to waste, to fill, to empty each and every week. There is not a millisecond of difference between the richest person in the world and the child dying of thirst in many third-world countries.Posted by Andre Best on June 29, 2011 | Comments (0)
The Secret Pursuit of Happiness
April 30, 2011 by Andre Best
The secret pursuit of happiness is no secret. We live our lives thinking the pursuit of happiness is the purpose of existence yet we secretly pursue something else. Find out what that something else is, here.Posted by Andre Best on April 30, 2011 | Comments (0)
Much Ado About Nothing
March 31, 2011 by Andre Best
As has been written about before, sometimes life doesn't flow like we want it to. Many times life doesn't go the way we expect it to. Even right now, for me, writing this article, life is flowing the way it is, not the way I want it to be going. I expected an article to be written on a certain topic about something substantive and useful. Yet, nothing appeared.Posted by Andre Best on March 31, 2011 | Comments (0)
Being. In Control? Or Controlled?
January 16, 2011 by Andre Best
We can believe that we are choosing what is occurring as it is presented to our senses. Or we can choose to believe that there exists something bigger than us that is presenting what is being shown as the present moment. Both ways work for many people. Some are more on one side or another. I believe it's the old matter of the issue of free will. Do we have free will? Or are we being controlled by something that is unmanifest and unseen?Posted by Andre Best on January 16, 2011
Thanksgiving Traditions: The New Lineup
November 26, 2010 by Andre Best
I was watching a television show with one of my sons the other day, a few days before the usual Thanksgiving traditions begin, and during one of the lengthy commercial breaks it occurred to me that Thanksgiving down here in the heart of America seems to be changing in how it's played out. That is, there appears to be another Thanksgiving tradition that is being created.Posted by Andre Best on November 26, 2010
The Circle of Life
September 30, 2010 by Andre Best
My parents celebrated milestone birthdays recently. My mother turned 75 last month and my dad turned 80 today. In all actuality, I never thought that my parents would reach this age. I know, I'm not trying to sound fatalistic, but that's what I thought. In fact, I remember when my Dad turned 72 he said that he would only be around 'another few years.' At least that is what he was expecting. I don't know what my mother is expecting, but I didn't think that she would live to this age either.Posted by Andre Best on September 30, 2010
Going with the Flow, of Life
April 29, 2010 by Andre Best
I've had thoughts about a topic that hasn't left my mind for several days now. It's about the flow of life. There are several ways to think about the meaning of these words, most of them personalized, and based on our individual experiences of such an occurrence as a life-flowing situation. However, these may not necessarily be what I'm meaning when I reference going with the flow of life.Posted by Andre Best on April 29, 2010
Who Said Life Is Fair?
March 28, 2010 by Andre Best
Sometimes life isn't fair is it? Sometimes one can do everything within their power to make a situation fair and decent and yet that doesn't amount to anything, in the end. The situation, and the outcome still turns out to the same undesired end. It's not fair when life doesn't work out in the end the way we want it to, is it?Posted by Andre Best on March 28, 2010
Tell Me, How Do I Look Today?
February 28, 2010 by Andre Best
Have you ever taken a good look at yourself? I mean really, a really, really, good look at you - the person. The human being. The physical manifestation of life that you call, well, you. Have you ever taken the time to really look at yourself and try to determine exactly who or what you are?Posted by Andre Best on February 28, 2010
Comfortable Uncomfortableness
November 29, 2009 by Andre Best
A few nights ago I was laying in bed at sleep-time and I was doing the usual mostly unnoticed ritual we all go though of trying to get comfortable in the horizontal position I was in. I had the pillow under my head and pillows on either side of my torso so as to help correctly position my body and legs when I sleep on my side.Posted by Andre Best on November 29, 2009
Death: The Great Equalizer
May 31, 2009 by Andre Best
Admittedly, death is not a topic that many people are fond of. It's not something that is broached during everyday conversation, at least here in North America. The old saying of there being only two things that will never go away: death and taxes, still applies. We all pay taxes and we're all going to die.Posted by Andre Best on May 31, 2009
Commentaries on Life: Live From Yourself
December 6, 2008 by Andre Best
If a blog author were to always write what was on his or her mind, that blog author would be in serious trouble. Myself included. You see, a weblog is nothing more than just that. An online written vomiting, so to speak, of whatever happens to please the author of that digital e-rag, which then becomes the next particular entry for the moment on that electronic tablet out in cyberspace.Posted by Andre Best on December 6, 2008
Making Meaninglessness Meaningful
October 11, 2008 by Andre Best
Life boils down to nothing. It has no purpose and it has no meaning in and of itself. It is what we make it though. Nothing more, nothing less. It's not about what we are doing with ourselves and our Self's. Rather, it's how we do what we're doing with ourselves that matters. That's what brings the meaning in to life and nothing else.Posted by Andre Best on October 11, 2008
Sucker Punched By A Sucker
July 21, 2008 by Andre Best
Have you ever noticed how Life sometimes comes overall from a place of showing one that it is ongoing, never stopping, and seamless in its approach to showing one what it wants one to know? If only one has ears to hear, it doesn't stop in what it wants one to know. It continues forward and continues to show one, sometimes in the smallest instance just what one is supposed to learn about oneself and then hopefully incorporate into their understanding of themself and then share that with the world.Posted by Andre Best on July 21, 2008
Crying Over Spilled Milk
June 7, 2008 by Andre Best
Have you ever spilled milk? Really. The actual stuff. Milk. Have you ever spilled milk? It could be that some flopped over the edge of the glass you were holding it in. Or it could be that the entire milk jug inexplicably slipped out of your hand as you were carrying the carton across the kitchen to put it back in the refrigerator. And then it happened.Posted by Andre Best on June 7, 2008
An Article About Nothing
April 30, 2008 by Andre Best
Ever watch that old Seinfeld television show which ran for many years and essentially was about nothing? Well, this article is going to be the same. I know some of you might be thinking to yourself, 'Hey, André, what's the change from your usual ramblings?' But, again, I hope to be different with this article. You see, sometimes a person needs downtime, that is, time when they don't need to do anything in particular. Time to be quiet. Time to reflect. Time to shut down the ever-present activities of the mind, which usually starts the moment we wake up each day and our mind 'boots up' with us.Posted by Andre Best on April 30, 2008
What You Do Not Know You Do Not Know About Life
March 17, 2008 by Andre Best
Life is the most amazing mystery at times. Why? Because it does such a great job of hiding from us when we seek it, and showing up right in our face when we least want to expect it. But struggle as we do, we can't avoid it. It's always there. Waiting. Waiting to show us what it is that we need to know, but are usually unwilling to heed. But, as we all know, Life goes on. It continues to slowly creep forward, with us as its usual unwilling participants, because we know better than it does as far as what's good for us. And what's good for those around us. Right? How dare Life hide underneath that experience. Or within that event. Or not show its face to us throughout that struggle. Really. I mean come on - I prayed, didn't I?Posted by Andre Best on March 17, 2008 | Comments (1)
Sticking to the Truth
January 20, 2008 by Andre Best
Sometimes sticking with what we said we would stick with can get kind of sticky. Take anything that you had committed yourself to, or had given your word to someone that you would do it. And, so once said or stated, you were stuck with following through with your commitment. Or, at least you were in a commitment that someone else knew about and therefore knew whether you did it, or not. Kind of hard to get out of if it's something that you no longer want to do, or never wanted to do, or don't want to do any longer, isn't it? When someone else knows that you have a commitment to something you're now held accountable, if at least figuratively. And so not following through with what it was that you said you would now puts you in a sticky situation that may take some finagling to get out of. Or some outright lying.Posted by Andre Best on January 20, 2008
Responsibly Responding to Responsibility
December 8, 2007 by Andre Best
Okay, let me preface this article by stating that I'm going to be writing about something that is dear to my heart, but at the same time will probably alienate a lot of my readers and perhaps cause them to want to take andrebest.com off of their favorites or bookmarks tab. That's okay if that is what happens. You see, if what I write about offends you or irks you or riles you in any way, the only reason that that happens is not because of what I wrote and attempted to impart via this article and these words. No, rather it is because what I wrote, and subsequently what you read activated and energized inside of you something that resonated with what I wrote about.Posted by Andre Best on December 8, 2007 | Comments (1)
Living Life Large
November 22, 2007 by Andre Best
I can't help but find it interesting how Life gives and offers to us exactly what we need, when we need it. Nothing more, nothing less. It always knows exactly what is needed for each of us to grow in our understanding, or at least it seems that way to me. But, then, this begs the question as to why we don't grow in our existence as we're meant to do. The only answer which I am able to currently surmise is that we get in our own way. We stand in the way of expansion and growth, and understanding, and we put up our hand and say "Halt." And, even sometimes, "Halt, who goes there?"Posted by Andre Best on November 22, 2007
The Acceptance of Resistance
June 7, 2007 by Andre Best
We are wonderful creatures of resistance to what is. Resistance of the present. Resistance of what was. Resistance of what is. We resist, and then we resist our notion of actually admitting to ourselves that we are being resistant. It's almost as if resistance is a tool that we use to defend ourselves against Life and to not allow for true change to occur inside of us. Deep change. Lasting, permanent change.Posted by Andre Best on June 7, 2007
Oh, For the Love of...
May 28, 2007 by Andre Best
Have you ever experienced the fact of actually enjoying doing something from deep within your heart and yet fighting with actually doing it? Perhaps it's building a relationship. Perhaps it's building a career. Perhaps it's actively playing with your children. Perhaps it's taking the effort to go out with friends to that latest flick. Perhaps it's finding the time and making the effort to write that latest entry in your blog. Life has a funny way of showing us where our heart strings are really tied to. And where they're not. How? Easy. Watch where your actions go. And notice where they don't.Posted by Andre Best on May 28, 2007
It's A Wonderful Life
February 3, 2007 by Andre Best
Life is a wonderful teacher to those who are willing to learn. It gives us what we need, when we need it, for the reasons that we really need it. Not what we think we want. Not what we think we need. Not what we prefer or desire. But most people simply don't listen to the words that are silently being spoken to us. In our dreams. In our experiences. In our relations with others. In our communication with the world. Not the obvious actions. Not what we can see, only. Not what we were told, or heard.Posted by Andre Best on February 3, 2007 | Comments (2)
A Change of Heart
December 1, 2006 by Andre Best
Life is such a brutal foe at times. It's amazing that any of us make it through the times that are thrown at us throughout our forced journey through existence. But this is not to say that everyone handles these battles in the same way, nor even that everyone comes through the battle unscathed. Or alive. Life is not always fun. I surmise it's not supposed to be. That is, like good armor made of quality forged steel: the hotter the fire, the better the forging process and the stronger the steel. And the cooler the fire, the weaker the forging of the steel, the easier it is for the steel to fail when the fire of Life gets hot next time. And we all know there is always a 'next time', eh?Posted by Andre Best on December 1, 2006
Life Changing Moments - a.k.a. Insights
October 18, 2006 by Andre Best
Have you ever had an insight that was particularly troubling yet insightful at the same time? You might think of one of these events as occurring when a time in your life was perhaps most troubling as you struggled to work through an issue that was of then utmost importance to you. You find yourself struggling, perhaps for many years, with the issue. All to no avail. The issue persists and the struggle continued. And then, through your own diligent and persistent efforts the issue is changed via an insight of utmost revelation.Posted by Andre Best on October 18, 2006
Found: The Purpose of Living
September 9, 2006 by Andre Best
If you're one of the few people wondering if there's a purpose to your existence, I'm venturing to add to my continuing series of articles on this topic of a life's purpose that it's not a matter of what IF there's no purpose to life, instead, I purport the concept that there is NO purpose to life.Posted by Andre Best on September 9, 2006 | Comments (11)
Life Isn't Just About Growing Old...
July 30, 2006 by Andre Best
Have you ever wondered why life is the way it is? Why the days turn out like they do and why everything ends up happening the way it does in the manner it does to with and to whom it does? Sometimes I wish there were a way to figure all this out and know what was happening and why it was happening so that the worry and the trepidation and the confusion were not a part of life, nor even part of the equation.Posted by Andre Best on July 30, 2006
The Purpose Driven Life
July 15, 2006 by Andre Best
I had a recent insight regarding the purpose of life that we are all driven at some time in our existence to seek and find out about. Now, this purpose driven life insight is perhaps not one that is life changing for most, nor does it supply the answer to what our purpose here on this spinning ball might be.Posted by Andre Best on July 15, 2006
Me, My Coincidence, and The Celestine Prophecy
May 25, 2006 by Andre Best
I recently went to see The Celestine Prophecy movie that was recently released on the big screen. For me, it helped explain seeming coincidences that had been occurring to me throughout the past several weeks but that I had no explanation for outside my usual 'everything happens for a reason'. I'll explain...Posted by Andre Best on May 25, 2006
A Gratitude Attitude
May 2, 2006 by Andre Best
A good friend and I were recently having a lengthy discussion about life and its sometimes perplexing issues that it brings to each of us in its own empowering ways. And my friend asked me about what I had gratitude for in my life. At the moment it set me back a bit since I did have an attitude about gratitude, but it wasn't about allowing acknowledgement of what I should be recognizing in my life.Posted by Andre Best on May 2, 2006 | Comments (1)
The Meaning of Life Is...?
October 11, 2005 by Andre Best
I find myself continuing to be drawn back into the thoughts about the meaning of life. Now this is not an article trying to presuppose the meaning of existence of humanity. Rather this is an article about one man trying to sort out the thoughts that are recently running through his brain regarding what one's purpose here on Earth is. That is, while we are given our own allotment of time on this physical plane.Posted by Andre Best on October 11, 2005 | Comments (2)
More Insights about a Special Vacation
October 10, 2005 by Andre Best
Regardless, as a result of my special visit, and recent connection, with my parents I find myself continuing to think about the topic of one's meaning for life.Posted by Andre Best on October 10, 2005 | Comments (1)
Insights After A Special Vacation
October 7, 2005 by Andre Best
I just came back from Canada where my family celebrated my niece's wedding, my Dad's 75th birthday, and the first time the six members of my family have been under the same roof in over 20 years.Posted by Andre Best on October 7, 2005
A Short Treatise on Life
September 30, 2005 by Andre Best
Life as we live it is pointless. Not hopeless. Pointless. There IS a difference and hopefully before I am done with this short dissertation I will have effectively relayed my explanation of this rather esoteric realization.Posted by Andre Best on September 30, 2005 | Comments (4)
