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“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
-Albert Einstein
If you take a look at any of my articles that allude to a higher power, you’ll notice a common phrase: God or the universe.
Yesterday a reader asked me if I was trying be diplomatic. The answer is no.
“Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax.”
-Mark Black
In previous posts, I’ve written about how important it is to not let a goal become an obsession. Indeed, any goal needs focus and attention. But it also needs an amalgamation of hard work and then taking the time to acknowledge the hard work.
Or as it’s more commonly expressed, stop and smell the roses.
Accepting is NOT defeat, it’s adding layers of intimacy with the universe or higher power and getting more acquainted with them. -Kyle Higgins, Mental Health Counselor Does acceptance of something that didn’t go your way a form of defeat? This is something my counselor and I recently talked about in a grueling session. For new … Read more
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Mathew 6:26 Answer the question! You may want to say that getting things done is quite difficult today. You may also want to say … Read more
“We don’t have a choice whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it.”
-Eric Qualman
Is social media a significant root of evil? Have we succumbed to it to a point of being a genuine hazard?
Life is a bed of roses but most humans go into it, shed their thorns and make It difficult for others to live. Abuh Monday Eneojo. The watermark of life is simplicity. I will definitely say this anywhere. Every morning, I take a long walk from my residence to the junction where I can board … Read more
“Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.”
-Lao Tzu
We all are swayed by it at one point or another. We all have, at least once, been allured by it, many times at a high cost. I’m talking about fashion.
“…Sexual abuse is no object to age, gender or sexual orientation.”
-Journalist Justina Bakutyte
In the first part of this post, I explored some possible reasons why people who are abused stay in those relationships longer than a person looking on from the outside might think they should.
In this part, it’s my intent to explore that subject further but with one difference. This post will focus on a lesser discussed topic; males who are abused.
“It is better to break your own heart by leaving an abusive relationship rather than having that person break your heart every day.”
-Unknown
How many times have you either said or heard someone you know say:
“He/she hits me but really does love me.”
“That’s not him/her, that’s just the anger. It’ll get better soon”
“I should try to be a better person.”
Too much of anything is almost always a detriment.
-Unknown
Can certain types of attachment become counterintuitive by causing more distance?
“A revival means days of Heaven upon Earth.”
-Martyn Lloyd Jones
Happy Easter, everyone!
As we all celebrate a historical and legendary resurrection, ask yourself one thing: Can we take the cue and resurrect ourselves?
“Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with reptition and emotion will one day become a reality.”
-Earl Nightingale
We’ve all heard the term subconscious mind but what exactly is it?
The medical definition is a part of the mind that stores away everything you do, feel and learn without you being aware of it. And then, depending on what you’re doing or thinking about, it brings forth the information you’ve store to help you.
“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who do more listening than talking.”
-Bernard Baruch
I’ve often felt that sometimes it’s better to let someone know you’re there for them rather than try to be their savior (unless they specifically indicate otherwise).
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
-Aesop
In several of my previous articles, I’ve talked about expressing gratitude for both big and little things in life. But have you ever considered being thankful for what you want or need but don’t have?
“Hitting rock bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.”
-Michelle Parsons
Is there actually such a level as rock bottom? Or is it just an expression?
By definition, hitting rock bottom is losing everything possible to the extent that ascension of any kind is ostensibly impossible.
“There is no reality, only perception. Identify the filters through which you view the world.”
-Dr. Phil
Imagine this scenario. You’re sitting at your desk, on the phone. You want to write down a number so you reach for a pen and a piece of paper. But as you reach for your pen, it becomes smaller and smaller till you wonder if it’s even there or just a hallucination. With some struggle, you pick up the pen. You reach for a piece of paper but now that seems to messing with your mind too. The paper becomes bigger and bigger till it covers the whole room.
Are you going crazy? Relax. You’re not.
“Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.”
-Unknown
Today’s quote appears on every single side mirror attached to cars. Rarely, if ever, do people think about it apart from when they’re driving.
“We own our bodies, our dreams…whatever has been taken from us…it is and always has been our own.”
-Tianna G. Hansen
Have you ever felt so overwhelmed by the surrounding environment that everything becomes a fog?
“Future endeavors with superstitions attached to them have the same probability of coming to fruition that anything else does. Either they’ll come to fruition or they won’t. Had they been anything more or less, the world would be a much different place.”
-Excerpt from upcoming short story “Howl of Freedom” by Angie Verhoeven
Are you superstitious?
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.”
-C. Joybell
Nearly a year ago, I had written an article on getting rid of emotional baggage.
At the beginning of the year, I made a goal that on my birthday, I would do my best let go of any negativity. In essence, I thought of letting my mind start with a clean slate.
