Nichts ist so kompliziert wie zwischenmenschliche Beziehungen. Komplex können auch…
I’m a human woman, and I experience Ze Feelings for men, and I also chat up human women due to my bisexuality. I have unique insider information on…
Great men are born and not made. They are born the moment they start recognizing the…
“This letter was written in a trance…
I’ve been fortunate, lately, to meet with a few teenagers to discuss their life and career plans. These conversations…
When you are feeling down, one of the very last things you want to hear is a harsh truth, or at least someone else’s version of the truth that they want you to accept. It was on a particularly sad day for me when I heard such a truth.
The following reflection will detail a complete breakdown of the creativity unit studied at the…
The UPS guy just knocked. Pandemonium ensues. After corralling the dogs, I fetch the brown…
The perfect victim is polite and friendly with everyone. They have never met a stranger.
Two days ago, I read about Dr. Raymond Moody’s attempt suicide.
Thank you Darius Fox.You opened my mind.Have only read Og Mandinho and look forward to the rest of the books you recommend.
Suggest you read The Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda Paramahansa.Also Attitude for Mastery and Growth from within by Sri Aurobindo.
Para que puedas entender el motivo del tema de hoy, en nuestro país hubo una manifestación de un grupo de personas con el…
Weekly musings from @profgalloway
I want you to smash your parents’ fine china.
Muhammad Ali
Imagine if everyone suddenly stopped acting…
You’re not better than the person you don’t know (Spontaneous Series Post 1)
“Time To Dare” series — Article 2
“Consider that what is possible and what is impossible is…
I am one of the few Nigerians that prefer fried rice to jollof rice. Fried rice is one of my…
“So I blow out the candle, and I put you to bed. Since you can´t say to me now how…
Interview with Chanwe Moon | Farmer, runs leather bag brand Grobzart / 33 yrs
Israel - “ The Startup Nation”. About 8 million people live in this country. Buzzing…
I would laugh if somebody told me that I’ll be a writer the day I left business school.
What is an “integrative approach” to wellness?
As a speaker, survivor and lifelover, I have a personal mission to…
Let me tell you this, what matters the most for your success is not what you do and how you do. The real deal is where…
Pride is most certainly a double-edged sword that must be responsibly wielded.
There isn’t anything wrong with feeling a sense of pride for your accomplishments. However, the issue arises as soon as pride begins to define who you are.
Utilize pride as a motivator, not as a personal definition!
Who are you waiting for?
I had forty-three bucks left.
El orgullo es un arma letal. Se cuela por las esquinas y destruye todo a su paso.
Camina con la cabeza erguida aconsejando mentiras y vendiendo historias inexistentes.
“If you could do anything in the world, and money was no object, what would you do?”
If you could adopt one simple exercise that brings mental clarity and release, would you? Last week I had the…
The epiphany and the fallout
May 18, 2017
Dearest Solomon,
This article is part of the series “What is like to attempt suicide and fail”. Start there, if you have not read it yet.
The Karmic Curve: A European Perspective on Navigating Your Workplace
What I learned from Egypt, in Egypt (Day 1/10)
1. That traffic somehow seems to work itself out in Egypt. Like our driver Mohaab says, “The drivers and…
Still Waters
Lake Erie churns and froths. Its violence gets caught suspended in ice for all to see. Even in summer its rough pebble beaches and quick…
Food for thought! Purpose of life?
Credits: http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html and a dear friend who shared it with me!
Disclaimer: It’s a fictional premise. Just a food for thought!
Bare with me on this one. The thoughts are probably disjointed and transitional material between ideas isn’t my forte.
Esperarás a que todos estén servidos.
No obligarás a nadie a brindar.
Evitarás las palabras rebuscadas y los lugares comunes.
Hi again, I want to tell you a story that I thought this last night, pretty late actually to think of.
Activity # 3: Lessons from outdoor session with #amal family
The last out-door session of Amal career prep fellowship which was arranged for our learning…
When reflecting on the impact we have on another person, I think back to a year ago when a…
IN THE MIDST OF EVERYTHING.
I have a friend with one eye; he wears a plaid eyepatch, not at all piratical. He has grown weary of the question: “How did you lose…
Volume 36 - four minute read
It’s become very difficult to write this series for me. My thoughts race and swirl all around me with chaotic velocity. I have spent the last two days staring at what seemed to be a complete series on what it was like to walk in my shoes every day. I reread and reread a…
I’m starting a new chapter. I’m sitting on a train headed to Halifax, the first leg of my 2 month journey to see Canada and attempting to see whether or not this kind of travel lifestyle could/should be…
For years now, more than I care to admit, I’ve been dealing with depression and it’s been a hate/hate relationship. I say I’ve been dealing with it as opposed to saying I’ve been “battling” it because to say I’ve been battling it would imply that I had been putting up…
Living life on a scale of being “too nice” at one end, and this idea of “holding your own ground” at the other is quite challenging. The middle is comprised of this giant grey sea. A sea of doubt, wonder, and second-guessing.
Letter #5
Great advice. As a trauma and emotion psychotherapist (and blogger on emotions), I see myself as helping people remove blocks and obstacles to, as you say, weeding out people, habits and ways of thinking/being that don’t serve them. One of my favorite things to teach people is how to set limits and boundaries, like say No! for example. It’s not an…
One of my greatest fears is running out of time.
Each day seems to go by faster since it’s a smaller and smaller fraction of my entire life.
That’s what I fear, though —knowing that the little moments in life are what make it worth living and realizing how…
We need to be more efficient, ok? Efficiency is like money, ok? It’s the most important thing in the world, got it?
Unbidden, persistent as biology, urges draw us, Struggling, tender-bellied, transparent,Through hazards, up mountains, to maturity
I can laugh at myself naming this ‘Oregano Dreams’. It was a very temporary aspiration of mine to become a filmmaker and writer…
Being an only child and moving to a country with no friends, my cards were stacked against me. I remember when I was a child, my parents’ friends would always comment on how good I was for being so quiet. I wasn’t a mute or anything that serious, I was just shy.
There are over 7.5 billion humans on earth. I read on the internet that on average, based on a 80 year lifespan, we will meet approximately…
is what’s in me enough?
What is in me?
Not everything is helpful. Not everything is useful.
I just felt out of the world in the last outdoor session at Gravish hotel where I was first surprised when I saw all my fellows there. At the time of planning, no one was willing to be there as we were all busy in exams. It…
So many interesting things around
Life sometimes makes us it´s tricks. There is so much to do, so many ideas and possibilities, so many interesting things happening around, so many places to go and happenings to attend, you name it. We are living in the unique time of…
I lost my youngest daughter, Simrit, who was only 2-years-old to cancer, she had two types of cancers by the age of two, Neuroblastoma and lastly Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Through…
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
When it comes to being happy inside and out, its not easy and it takes a lot of work. Because we all have a demon of our own…
The corset fights against my soft curves as I try to force it on. It slides into place and…
“if you have that small piece of chocolate, it’s not like it doesn’t count, the calories add up”.
A functioning, happy body is something I’ve experienced through the years. Certainly, my health hasn’t been perfect ….I’ve had minor…
Honestly though, there are some things that don’t work out not because we don’t want it but because we…
It’s raining here again, and, as I’ve mentioned before, I love a great thunderstorm. But after awhile, it can…
This post was first published in 2012 and updated in 2017
I say this to anyone who will listen to me — web development is all about practice. You do it repeatedly and you’ll be a pro at it. But slowly I’ve come to realize that this is true about everything.
No Comments. I have no words for the article. If I comment, each word will be not enough to complete the feeling I have right now! Keep writing!! A phenomenal, excellent and outstanding advice. Amazing work Smiley Poswolsky
‘I can’t learn a new language now. I’m too old for it.’
All those people in the back of my head. You know which people. The ones you know, partner, co-workers, bosses, parents, siblings. And the ones you don’t know, celebrities, actors, writers, fictional characters, people your mind latches onto and now you can’t shake the feeling that they are…
Prelude: My grandfather passed away exactly a year ago due to cancer in Bangalore, India while I was juggling work, college and responsibilities of a homemaker in Santa Monica, United States of America.
The ART of SIMPLE
Are you ready…
To make it ALL simpler?
To have more time and more energy?
To live more of the life that you daydream about at the end of the day or over your coffee or tea in the morning (if you even have time to sit down in your…
What Gets You Out of Bed in the Morning?When asked what is the single most powerful contributing factor to one’s health and vitality, integrative medical doctor Oscar Serrallach answered without hesitation: having a sense of purpose. Serrallach went on to…
Amal career prep fellowship was the great learning opportunity and best incubation platform for me. I am very lucky that I learned a lot of knowledge from this Amal…
Amal academy is a place that changes thrones into flowers, create a sense of positivity and convert failure into an opportunity even in worst case situation. If I say it is shop of smith where raw material is converted into…
Let me be openly honest and clear with myself by saying I am afraid as fuck. I am paralyzed. I do not know how to move forward.
The last 5 years have given me plenty of “oh shit” moments that have really taken the wind out of my…
Turning 22 doesn’t come without wants so I’ve compiled a list of mine.
When our second child, August, was born we quickly went into silent mode, like any parent would do, to keep a newborn asleep. This time around however we also had a very energetic toddler, Frances, to care for. Silence and…
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein
This quotation is about learning. Online course learning how to learn Learning How to Learn is offered by University of California, San Diego. This course…
The most memorable day of my life was the Amal outdoor Session. The idea of having outdoor session at…
“inspire people to make a commitment to healthy living, turning hopes and intentions into the highest enjoyment of life.”
Inspired by Paramore’s new album “After Laughter” and its lyrics, as well as a need to reach closure, I decided to write this.
Sometimes you’ll lose it. You will throw your toys and fall on the floor and simply lose it. You will lose yourself; you won’t recognize yourself and you will wonder if you ever will.
Lesson Learned
‘But now I have come to believe that the whole…
Just added it to my Amazon cart, Jeff. While You Are A Writer is open on my coffee table. Good stuff.
Conventional wisdom dictates that you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Once again, conventional wisdom is wrong.
Why are they giving you the horse? Is it stolen and they want to palm it off on a…
Children begging for money in Railway stations and Bus stops is a common scenario you encountered in India. I personally think that giving them money will finally end up in wrong hands so I always remain perplexed in dealing with such scenarios.This is the situation that I believe…
Expanding our understanding of what it can mean to be young and in love.
Be wary ye now oh heavy of heartThis world doth steer dear friends apartForget about this thing called “race”As color of skin…
Question, “What must I do to have a long and prosperous art career?”To have long career in the Art Business you will need to concentrate on a few things.Firstly if you are painting to make your fortune, you picked the wrong profession, become a lawyer. I believe most serious dedicated…
It just takes a lot of work — and [depending on situation] time.
“Happy is the man who is living by his hobby” “A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.”I guess all of us have heard or read this at some point in our lives- “Hobbies are important.”How many of us have actually taken any of these sentences seriously? Where are we all heading? Are we Ageing or…
It was a golden time at outdoor session at Garvash hotel, Canal road Faisalabad. All fellows were busy in their exams I also had a very diificult paper Stat-701. It is famous that m.phil degree based on two subjects one…
I think it’s so interesting how my perspective has changed these eight months working at the school. It’s…
When I felt like God called me to become a writer, it came as a huge surprise to me. I…
I chanced upon this short Ted talk by Ric Elias, who shared about the 3 things he learned while the plane he took…
When I was young, I would hold my mother’s hand as we walked through crowded spaces. And I, being a small child, would sometimes get carried away by the sea of people — leaving me lost and my mother, dissolved in thousands of unfamiliar faces.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to read and get in touch after my last post — blimey what a confused lot we…
You heard this a lot of time before. Either in a self-help books, or motivational speaker…
Confiscated, evicted,shamed,squandered,poor,outcome,offended,lost or cesspool for short. I created and now live in my own cesspool. The so called promises I had when I met my “ Prince Charming” on line were never met. His power over me was over whelming. Little did I know, I was being drug into the stench of…
I almost died today.
“If anybody makes you feel like you have to be someone different than who you are, fuck ‘em. Me included.”
I’m crying on the couch and Sam is comforting me. He made an offhand comment about how we both used to be more chipper, and…
Positivity is something which I have learnt during a three month fellowship program at Amal…
Be Ignorant to most of the unhappy things around you . Initially it sounds negative but later it makes your life actually positive and happy to live to the fullest.
Es raro como a veces las cosas suelen sorprenderte, como de repente, lo que esperabas resultó siendo de otra manera.
¿No les ha pasado que quizá deciden darse oportunidades?
Con personas, situaciones, experiencias, que al final terminan por llevarte a otro…
I always hated, and I still hate when people tell me how to live my life. And I don’t say…
Most Important Lesson I’ve learnt From the Fellowship
Before joining the Amal I was worried about my job, future, career. I was finding a platform where I could improve my self to work in competitive era but by the grace of Allah now I’m confident enough to compete in any discipline and ability to adjust in different…
I added this to my pool of daily inspirations as soon as I came across it. To me it means that no matter the mood, the…
Amal was a great experience for me. During this 3 months fellowship i have learned a lot of things and gained a lot of experience and also make very good friends too.
Our last day was decided to be done at Gravesh Hotel Canal Road, Faislabad. Our plan was to reach at 1 pm…
9 PM — You came in from work after a long day, feeling kind of exhausted, yet fulfilled. It was a productive day. You’ve earned some money, you went to the gym after work, flirted with some cool, sexy guys and/or girls there, had your protein dinner and headed back to your beautiful…
Dear Jimmy,
I read the article yesterday about the backlash you received for not being tougher on Trump, for not taking a stronger political stance with your comedy and then I read the comments section (ugh!) and I just felt compelled to speak out.
Hi Zitarians,
I have been playing around with Bitcoin for around a year now. It is still something that I feel like I learn a little bit more each month but it is the fascinating thing to me. There is something that makes it so exciting because it is so disruptive and so powerful at the…
Last day of fellowship, Amal family arranged an outdoor session to capture the memories, fun, pleasure. we all fellows wanted to made that day memorable.
Great insight and advice for anyone that wants to be an entrepreneur … Hope to see a follow-up in a few months to see which path your daughter takes.
Sometimes it is so hard to get hold of feelings. They go wherever they want and wander into the heavens of happiness to the abyss of miseries. I think we humans are designed in such a way. We are flawed. As a matter of fact nothing is perfect. Even the perfect person who he…
Are You Dizzy Yet?
“If you could always see where you are meant to go, you wouldn’t need faith.”
Lessons learned during out door session:
There was an out door session on Sunday which was last session. We went to luxury Garnish hotel and gathered there.Firstly,we made gossips with each other.Then our PM announced an activity in which we have to tell the single most important lesson that we learned in Amal fellowship.All…
Amal Fellowship is a best platform that makes you life long learner. In these 3 months of fellowship I have made friends there which I don’t want to lose. As they are always with me in my problems and happiness. The…
As the futurists predict that the new pursuit of the human race will become godliness, there are many who have…
Reminding Millennials that just because no one will give us money, doesn’t mean we don’t have power. We are smarter (see the Flynn Effect), we are younger and therefore stronger with more time in our favor, we want meaning in our work, and we have been trained to…
The principle is not the creation of man. It is a part of Nature’s handiwork, for it is obvious that every living…
omg. Isn’t that so frightening! Frightening because it is R E A L, NOT a pretend virtual tv show.
Is it setting off your internal freak-out alarms yet?
Mine have been going off for so long I can no longer distinguish between them and my tinnitus. Just a constant multi-tonal high pitched screaming. So…
Everyone wants to be the principal character in that movie called life, but how many of…
I just wanted to say that I hear you. I really hear you. Your stories are eloquently written, and definitely relatable, and I am enjoying sharing a little piece of your journey. I believe that everyone has their own back stories raging underneath the surface; the edges fraying & even unraveling. I remind myself of this quite regularly, especially…
An inspirational story that’s really made my day!
Chasing
I’m tired so this might not always rhyme
It’s getting late and I really don’t have time
Sometimes you chase a dream and it starts to consume you
You’d die in its pursuit, no need to exhume you
Once you realize the world offers endless possibilities, everything starts to change.
A lot of us, roaming around free, are imprisoned.
Limited to the rule book of school or society, bound by the boss at work or the relationship status…
As much as I like the lessons and advice here, I hate how they’re labelled as “hacks”.
All really good advice and things I myself have incorporated into my life.
Persistence seems to be the ultimate key to success.
