“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
-Aristotle
Happy Easter, everyone!
I realize I have a lot of catching up to do as due to various technical glitches and a broken ankle, I was not able to put up posts all this week. As far as my understanding, however, all the glitches have been rectified so hopefully, there should no more issues.
I had started talking about introspection in my last post.
THIS ARTICLE ENTITLED, ‘THE PANIC MODE’ IS BY DR. SHANNI DOVER Hello again, Dear Reader. This week’s topic of discussion is the panic mode. With today’s uncertainties, many of us can relate to and understand the feeling of being in panic mode. Let’s look a bit closer … Read more
“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy.”
-C. Joybell
Let me tell you a story. There was once a passenger who far exceeded the amount of luggage he could travel with. He only had two options. Either discard some of the luggage or pay an exorbitant price.
Dreams are as simple or as complicated as the dreamer.
-Brian Herbert
Can what you dream at night come true, literally? It’s happened to me a few times. I dreamed a particular occurrence or event and within 48 hours of dreaming it, it unfolded in real life exactly the way it did in my dreams. Am I psychic?
“Having a bad day? Put your hand on your heart. Feel that? That’s called purpose. You’re alive for a reason.”
-Unknown
Does the following scenario sound familiar to you? You sleep through your alarm. You get up to shower and your hot water is off. You burn your breakfast. Nothing seems to go right. In short, you’re having a terrible morning.
“The thing about meditation is: You become more and more you.” -David Lynch What exactly is mediation? The textbook definition is reaching a level of consciousness in your mind to where you can control what you think. In many ways, it’s nothing more than an advanced level of mindfulness. If unanimously agreed upon that definition, … Read more
“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” -Maya Angelou Regardless of age, sex or race, we’ve all been through this process: Either you sleep through your alarm or were tossing and turning all night or kept having nightmares. Either way, you wake up on the wrong side of the bed and the day … Read more
“Wherever you are, be there totally.” -Eckhart Tolle What is mindfulness? To me, it’s accepting the current situation you’re in even as you’re aspiring to get out of if it’s negative. I look at it much like the first step to conquering an addiction: Admitting you’re an addict. It’s only after then that you can … Read more
“Worrying is thinking negative thoughts about things that are outside of your control.” -Mel Robbin The title of today’s post may seem oxymoronic or counterintuitive. Worrying by definition is a negative trait so how can it be optimistic? Let me elaborate. There are hundreds of writers, self-help gurus and philosophers who advise us not to … Read more