Have you ever been called: Weird, strange, eccentric, touched, odd, off, or different? If so, did you reevaluate or second guess yourself? Were you offended or hurt? Did you consider the source?
From someone who just turned 35!
This week’s post is a hefty dose of inspiration for creatives. I organized these quotes in a specific way so they read more like an essay on creativity and living the artistic life. And less like a collection of individual nuggets of wisdom…
“Change and decay in all around I seeOh Thou who changest not, abide with me.”
I haven’t written for a while because I’ve been away from my computer, doing things normal people do. We celebrated Christmas, watched all of the Star Wars movies, went to see the new movie (the one place where wearing a medical mask hardly got a second glance)(seriously, people had…
An articulate desire.
“I have a deeply hidden and…
Today is December 26. It starts the “dead week” between Christmas Day and New…
by Yann Girard
I did 13 years of school. Then I went to university for another 6 years or so.
That’s almost 20 years of getting ready to reap the benefits.
by Brian Chesky
When I really don’t have anything else to do, I just lay down and think , not normal thinking. I get into this hypnotic state. I start spacing out and nothing feels real anymore. I think about everything I’ve done and see nothing. Only seeing putting myself in boring situations and conversations…
I don’t know where I am heading. Maybe life is getting harder or I have lost faith, but things are seriously felling apart. Every second is like burden increasing on me and I am like fighting with it. Sometime I look around and see the people with shiny faces, laughing and talking so…
“I can’t see!” Mayo screamed, fumbling through her house to her parents room in their…
I always believe in the fact that things you really want to know comes to you at the most unexpected moments and through a series of experiences, this belief has entrenched in me !!
A few days back, I wanted to recollect a quote which I had seen in my friend’s status almost a…
She is hurt. She needs her bestie beside her !! She pokes to find if he is online and thankfully he was.
She : am not fine. I don’t feel good.
He : ena aachu…sollu !!
She : sola therla..aana am not fine !! (She expects an ‘it’s ok..everything will be fine’ from him)
There is this great tendency of human nature that nowadays appears to be on steroids – simplifying everything.
It’s been a rough last few months of the year. So many things changed shape in my life…
Art: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in…
Life slows down at 10:30 p.m. in a McDonald’s parking lot on Christmas Day.
“I’ve never been in this situation,” the bearded, shivering man says as he maintains a respectful distance from my car. With a quiver in his voice and a…
SOCIETY:
WHY DO I GOTTA PROSTRATE AND BOW,
TO GREET MY ELDERS,
BEFORE I’M CONSIDERED RESPECTFUL?
WHY DO I GOTTA PULL MY PANTS UP,
Yesterday I wrote something about not feeling gritty, and when I began the post I was sure I won’t be writing today. But by the time I finished I was sure I’d be writing today.
Just remembered a brothel in 9thmile Enugu called WHY WORRY. I usually wondered what informed the decision for such a name but come to think of it why worry for your canal satisfaction when WHY WORRY is there for you lol. Worrying comes natural to us, we could stay awake…
Ethiopian boy is drinking milk from the udder. For us, “civilised” people this scene may seem too naturalistic, even grotesque…
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I wait for you, but you’re ahead So close, you’re in sight, so far you’re beyond reach Perceptible by touch, yet never felt You’re audible, yet never heard but only seen I’m your author and your story You’re my writing and I’m your…
Do you have a purpose in your life?
This is not my story. This is our story. Do you realize what the motive of your life is? The most important question that we should ask ourselves, was my day fulfilling? Do I have a purpose of getting up in the morning. Most of the people have realized it and have thought about it, but did…
I must learn how to say “no”, for others and myself. I must say “no” on behalf of all Buddhas. The importance of a master in the flesh [of having someone to learn from and model ourselves after in the pursuit of ideals is critical]. In…
Energize her soul, energized by the fire she rivals the sun, her loyalty is such virtuous as the universe intent, she vent in coming days for the past was an unpleasant bliss, molded to my path is why I even exist.
It sometimes amuses me, how we are like a dish made of so many different ingredients called emotions. How every emotion is so power-full in its own and excluding even one of it makes us lacking. Till date observing others and understanding self, I realised that how dangerous emotions can be and…
Friendship is something which extends the blood running in our veins to the other person.
Otherwise, if blood solely mattered, we’d be extinct long back.
Cheers.
Blue will turn dark, time will be gone. Everything that you hold dear will perish.
Age will cause disaster, pills and oxygen keep your engine running.
“Leave Your Comfort Zone — If You Hit a Ceiling, Break It.”
This blog post is inspired by the following quote in “Treat Yourself Like a Startup,” by Nisarg…
In the old days I had a lot of friends I met in bars. We’d get shitfaced, realize the answer to the world’s problems, and then head off for home, never to meet again.
For a bref evening, we were the best of friends, conemtators of the gridiron, and knights of the billard tables.
As the reunion granddaughter and grandfather , and return to the essence , to basics. As rediscover the wisdom in living in the past…
What about love & compassion?Isn’t it time that caring became time sensitive?How will you spend your time today?
Merry second day of Christmas! We watched Jim Carrey’s version of the Christmas Carol last night. It’s pretty ham-handed, but honestly, I find any and every version of the Christmas Carol beautiful. I’m also always reminded that the words “Scrooge” and “Grinch” shouldn’t be insults we…
A beautiful snap shot of a moment, like the perfect falling cherry blossom. As you point out, theses experience are invisible because we usually overlook them during our busy, waking lives. Might I add we are probably also blind to the supremely huge things that could transform our lives.
Loved the post. I’m currently traveling from my home in Hawaii to my parents in North Carolina. Not so much for new adventures in his time, but to be with them (in their 80s) and probably relive lots of old.
I’ve traveled most of my life. Both my dad and I career Navy, and looking back I’ve been really blessed to have seen…
Loneliness and Christmas are my friends
So it is Christmas again. I don't like it much, never did. Even as a kid I didn't like it. I do like the decorations, I do understand that other people enjoy Christmas, but I just don't. I don't have any family in the country either, so there is no need for celebrations. However, there…
How charming. A rageing 28 year old woman. On Christmas Eve. Right before dinner.. great!
I wish you’d take my tired heart, home is calling you to sleep. Love so bittersweet, all the happy tears it brings. Here’s to wishing the Irish winter wind will fly you back to me.
Bittersweet.
Don’t date a man who reads he may make u feel insecure that you don’t read enough. Books carry ambitions and he may direct them at you
You’re missing the point, Ian. It’s surprising how bad most people are at estimating what they really spend and few check to see whether it matches their values. If you value time out with friends (as I do) then by tracking you can decide whether you’re spending too much — or too little — on this.
Catch Yourself Complaining? 7 Ways To Shut It Down Now
1. Know The Warning SignsKnow when you are about to start complaining, figure out why and tell…
Wow, CamMi! You keep amaze me by writing these simple knowledge tips in a way that is straight forward and yet entertaining.
The fundamentals of knowledge has been overlooked by fame, money, and power. Yet it’s the fundamentals of knowledge that can attain fame, money, and power.
You will also die unhappy and full of regrets waiting for your object of resentment to admit responsibility for your unrealized dreams.
Interesting and inspiring to someone (me) who does not like to travel. Am I missing something that may give my life more meaning than sitting in my comfort zone and reading about everyone else’s experiences?
Namaste, lol! All ya need are the few who truly hear your truths, your poetry set to life. I enjoy your writing Miss, YOUR voice!
Hanging out with my brother doesn’t really make us that closer. We are still both pretty distant and no one is really wanting to reach out and talk about the differences in each other and open up to each other. How sad, I do want to open up but I’m afraid and scared to do so. I guess each and…
I understand where you’re coming from, but I think this reflects a larger problem with our valuing of schooling. Why do we have a need to only place monetary value on our education? Is something only valuable because we can make some money off of it? Learning to be an informed and active citizen should be more important than a salary, because then we…
How to use half your phone’s processing power and kill your battery life in 20 easy steps.
Sadly that is how our society works, those who have courage to navigate a different route to success, are set aside as imbecile.
I hate anxiety
I hate depression
I hate blades
I hate feelings
I hate words
I hate wrong doings
I hate meanies
Absent this Christmas was sadness.
I expected to feel an overwhelming sadness, but honestly, I felt none.
What I did feel was a warmth that I have not feel in a while.
Are you a different person at work? With your partner? At the gym? At your place of worship? In the cafe or at school?
The answer is no, although sometimes we act differently at different times and in different places.
Thank you for this from a recovering perefectionist.
Failures are not a bad thing
If there is one thing that we all have in common from the get go, it’s our innate ability to fail, and fail with style.
We were bound to failure as if God gave it to us as our companion in life. I like to look at my failures as if it were a person and that person is also…
Hello! Though my story and not be very long, but sincere. The other day went with his family to the store to shop. My daughter took a magazine about travel. Since my daughter is 6 and she is very curious and naive, she started asking me: “Daddy, and you were in Germany?” Here I just softened. The…
love this articles 😊
Traveling makes life longer but it also make the life more beautiful then ever and adventures…
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Christmas has always been magical to me. I love everything about it; the decorations, the music, the food, getting together with friends and family, and giving gifts.
This year, for the first time ever, I had no gifts to give. It wasn’t just not having money to…
Very encouraging, just keep going and see where life takes you!!!
Thank you for your kind words Geet and for taking the time to read through the story. While numbers, like you said, do not mean much, a response like this is very cherishable!
Loved it.
Good recommendations for getting your writing noticed, and living life in general.
It goes to show
You never know
Where kindness might be waiting to be found
So I persist
Making my orca sounds
Expressing these truths resonating deep under the surface
25 December 2015
Heyyyyy welcome to the obligatory Christmas post. I had written something before, but I forgot to save it so now it’s all gone. It couldn’t have been too important though. Anyway, I just had my Christmas dinner. It was pretty good. Played some Mario Kart with the…
This has very keen religious Implications for Christians, that Jesus is always present with us, atimes we lose consciousness of Him, but we can always close our eyes, get quiet and hear him.
No fear
How do you overcome those little demons that tell you that you will never amount to anything in life?
It’s easy, copy Forrest Gump. I know, I know, don’t we all wish we were as courageous and dedicated as Forrest Gump.
This is so so true to me. It was just my feeling, an unclear thought until you put it in words. I do not really know what happen with me now I find myself always stuck in my egos which will soon make me stupid.
