Серия будет неполной без содержания. Хронологический порядок соблюдён в каждой категории.
Можно отметить, что работы в два раза больше, чем жизни. И ближе к концу названия интереснее, чем вначале.
The universe responds to your thoughts and feelings. If you are full of fear, then all you will see is what you fear. If you are full of hope and excitement and take action towards your dreams, the universe responds in kind. This isn’t some woo-woo metaphysical shit, this is the truth. Be…
People email me — mostly young adults, but sometimes older people too — asking for advice. They want help with writing, music, other things.
Mostly, they’re trying to figure their life out. As if life were a puzzle to solve or some shit…
It’s one of the shortest words in the English language but it’s also one of the toughest for us…
I am writing two posts today. This one and something specifically about the Full Moon.
Last night, I couldn’t sleep.
It took me two months to find my job. Two months of full-time networking, prepping and interviewing.
One day a father and her daughter went to a beach to play. While playing in waves daughter asked her father, Daddy…
Hi! My name’s Raymond Tran. Maybe you’ve met me in real life, but some of you have only experienced me on this…
I watched a video recently in which a group of Tibetan monks created beautiful mandalas…
A few hundred hours later since I started learning to code, many things have changed in my life. To name a few:
Inspiration from the teaching of Alan Watts
星座分析常說金牛座就是守舊，我不想就這樣落入自我應驗預言，所以決定開一篇文章放 2018 年初次嘗試的事物們。
The day after I penned an article about how a tiny bit of something sweet doesn’t hurt, I had a doctor’s appointment in the far south…
An open letter to the one who’s hurting
I had a decent job at a Tech Startup where I looked over marketing and branding for the…
I remember well the last days before I left my Vilnius. Days, where I have been walking in the city, going to…
Psalms 55:12–14 (KJV)For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.We took…
Or How to Work on Multiple Projects and Scratch your Itch
Imprisoned
Why am I caughtIn an abyss of gloom?Why do I feel cagedA prisoner of my mind?Why am I livingA reality that is a lie?Why am I chugging alongPretending all is well?
Hey listen will you my girl!There ain't no rewards,For concealing your selfThere ain't no applause,For that false…
“In the middle of every…
We’ve all had trees with special significance in our personal histories. Trees we remember from youth: the trees we climbed, the trees we sat beneath to read or think, trees that marked the boundaries of our land where it met another’s pasture or the leads of the forest. A tree can be as much a part of…
Stick and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me. – Children’s…
Applies to the areas of career, love, dating, relationships and confidence
Recently I was walking in the city center in the town where I live with a small group of Americans visitors. I believe they are typical American middle class people, well educated and descendants from Norwegian emigrants to America in the 19th century. We were walking towards the funicular to take us up to the city’s famous view point, Fløyen.
My entire life, I have dreaded growing old. Watching my parents, it’s not hard to understand why.
首都機場天空灰白，三里屯人聲鼎沸，胡同弄底沒了喧囂，紅色燈籠懸在屋簷，點支菸，旅行的第一天原本就這樣過了。繁雜喧鬧，也無聲無息。
You always accurately describe a small group of people.
In any normal distribution you will find these people.
Why not try describing a majority of Americans?
You don’t because there is nothing interesting to say about them.
The prism has been letting out too many colours of late. Some bright enough for my eyes to notice, some beautiful, some…
Do you ever find yourself in low times where you feel like there’s nothing you can do to love yourself? It seems so hard, to look in the mirror and accept everything about the person staring back at you.
Excellent description of the fat situation. It’s short and to the point.
I also have read Nina’s book but I have been a natural fat eater for almost a decade. The book was verification.
Amazing how we have been lied to for so long.
Unfortunately, I’ll most likely never meet them. It breaks my heart. I was looking forward to being part of a large extended family, to belonging.
Everyone lies. But as my friend Julia E Hubbel pointed out recently in a response to one of my posts — the biggest lies are the ones…
I’m not like girls in sherbet shoes.Sky high oranges, lemon limes, and pinkswritten down quick ‘cause somebody…
Psalms 53:6 (KJV)Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
And it isn’t alcohol (though that can help…)
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all the difference.
Self-enquiry is an important part of our personal evolution. More often than not, we hide our true selves and try to please the society by following its rules and social mores. This dichotomy causes mental stress. For instance, I am an introvert and I am forced to attend social functions to avoid derision and social boycott. Therefore, these…
We live in such a fast pace world. We chase all the material objects that this world bestows to get the taste of pleasure(physical/psychological) and once you posses those material objects, very soon you get bored of it and your mind starts hunting for something new to chase.
Adaptation. One particular intriguing gift of nature is our ability to adapt to our circumstances- biological and social- No matter the fix we find ourselves in, we have no choice but to make changes and keep moving. Moving to where? Who knows? But moving. It’s all about survival.
A degree is pretty much useless. Just like reading blog posts or books is pretty much useless.
It’s all just information. Information that has to be confirmed (or adapted) by actions, by doing or by experiences before it turns into real knowledge. Acquiring…
Drink with me to days gone byTo the life that used to beAt the shrine of friendship never say dieLet the wine of friendship never…
Stress is a mess and it seems to me that it has it’s origins in how we respond to a given or collection of…
Kiss me lick my lips creaming up opening as a flower your mouth soft and wet playing on my slit teasing I love it when you do this…
Waking up at 5 AM is void if all you do is stare at the wall for 3 hours before you can use your phone.
Making a timetable is useless if you don’t follow it.
Growth is null if you justify your mistakes.
Doing something you don’t really want to be doing just because you think it’s necessary to be able do the thing you really want to be doing is never a good idea.
Anger.
The quiet storm
Everyone goes through this process either on a grand or minute scale. Some people notice it and some just don’t.
Every time I felt that I was about to reach my limit, I tried to push myself one step further. Step by step, I broke through my barriers and grew from it. It was challenging but really exciting. Especially feeling the pleasure after smashing each challenge. It’s sweet and addictive, driving me to hack the next task. I believe there is no limit in our…
It’s a simple truth that’s difficult to believe sometimes that true happiness cannot be found in…
Took a dab for the first time. Holy shit. This stuff is good. Straight from the resin. Don’t know which strain. Probably Sativa. Feel…
What do you doWhen you cannotDo?
When I was twelve and you were ten
I am trying to defy age at every turn. It scares me and I worry that laziness will send me down that slippery…
And, when you can’t go back, you have to worry only about the best way of moving forward. — The Alchemist
I believe I just wasn’t prepared to write this article until this very morning. As many people introduced into stoicism, I…
Imposter Syndrome — “A collection of feelings of inadequecy that persist despite evident success. ‘Imposters’…
“It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.”
When I take my daily morning walks,
Kind of feels like you’re missing the point here. Obviously, money is a requirement for survival. Also, as money increases, so do your options. I doubt these are facts the author is ignorant to. This isn’t a story about other people or how the world works — it’s a narrative about someone getting out of their personal comfort zone and carving their…
I am afraidOf losing my sanityOf pushing the good things And being knocked off
Oh this writing bug — it really gets under your skin doesn’t it. Once the muse has sought you out there is little chance of escape until she decides to take a break. My one seems indefatigable, not sure I am though lol.
On my usual Saturday morning long run, I noticed something fantastic. A large…
You, whom I saw with star-dusted eyes, geranium-scented imagination, seem more ordinary than I remember. More…
I want to apologize for the language in my last piece. I promise never to use the word duh again…
How many languages do I need to speak
Do you have a friend that you can be truly yourself with?Do you have at least one of those friends?
No.Nope.Don’t be in a hurry to respond.
I am waiting for plant based bacon. Yummmmm!
Saturated fat is an essential part of every diet. Could be made from coconuts maybe.
We definitely have to get rid of vegetable oils. They are basically poison.
Without animal fat, the next best things are olive oil and coconut oil.
In a world of scarcity
There are the “we” and there are the “them”.
August was like signing up for a 30-day free trial of feeling better
Our vision of the world is built on experiences that, if repeated, can become true beliefs. These beliefs allow us to exist, to…
So, I am planning on launching my “vlog” (video blog) in the next few days. In preparation of me doing that I will catch you up on Harvey’s last few years by giving…
In July 2018, The Observer listed Chimamanda Adichie’s ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ as…
Thanks for saying that, Joren. This is the kind of difference that I want to make in other people’s lives — it’s the whole reason that I write.
One thing that I will never write in the Loser’s Guide — because I don’t want to discourage people — is that most people are only as strong as they are forced to be. Being strong…
I basically self diagnosed myself three years ago. I didn’t dare to get tested because I wasn’t prepared to find out if I could have children or not.
Fast forward three years, I met my girlfriend and told her my fears of unable to father a child. She encouraged me…
Good Post to Start the Day
Steve, great post to read this morning for me as we are getting ready to start our new adventure. Thought it will be a couple of days as we are moving today. But I am looking forward to stepping into these!
Thanks for the great post!
The Paradox of Commitment, Part One
I was talking with a dear friend yesterday about the internal shifts we need to make in order to shift from…
While the news broke about Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen a couple of days ago, I was called a troll. Earlier that day I tweeted that Bari Weiss, Katie Herzog, and Cathy Young would eventually write “pearl-clutching response…
On my bench, I am contemplating
About the life I had and the life that kept me waiting.
Birds chirping at my back, I watch the sun set at the front
while the pigeon croaks and the magpies hunt.
will be the evening I meet you after
I will even if I die with a crowd. My death will be personal and inevitable. The fear that I will die alone if I don’t find a partner is based on the misconception that those that surrounds my deathbed will somehow share the experience of dying with me. They won’t. They would not even if they wanted to. Since…
“Aprender é mudar posturas” Platão
business community emails reading writing Aug 23, 2018
Hiking the mountain is known as a very rewarding quest for the adventurous soul. It…
早前聽網台節目，講到遊戲治療，讓小朋友在遊戲中去表達自己的情緒，當中的運作原則是：父母做一面鏡子，遊戲過程任由小朋友自行發揮，父母在小朋友身邊描述行為、動機、情緒。在過程中不可以提問，也不可以「幫忙」，但可以順著孩子的安排去做。當然女兒還未夠大，現在不是笑就是扭計哭，對訓話也毫不在意(但搞破壞的能力越來越高)，也未必要出動到遊戲治療。但覺得懂得反照孩子的情緒，會在日後有幫助。
老實說，這「行為、動機、情緒」三式其實連用在自己身上都不容易，能夠在忙亂的生活當中，適時地跳出來自己反照自己在做甚麼、為什麼、覺得怎樣，是需要練習的肌肉。回看自己的童年時代，也是沒有這些練習的，…
it’s strange to reflect on how one seemingly small decision can end up changing the entire trajectory of your life.
one moment can change everything.
Time is the only thing that can both fly and flow, it can stop and stand still. Seconds keep ticking away. Hours disappear and years dissolve.
I cry for the experiences of two lifetimes now left to be remembered by one.
I am happy when I eat fresh fruit, when I burst out laughing, when I discover a new song, when I finish a good book, when I wake up and feel relaxed. I’m glad to have friends…
It’s ironic that a bunch of us were discussing this article just last night. Gwen Saoirse brought it to our attention. I’m glad Terijo thought to bring it into play here. Gloria Bates made a fairly startling comment (I felt startled by it, anyway.) She said (and I’m paraphrasing loosely) that the sort of behavior in the Guardian article feels so…
The cat in the photo, Emily (17), is not absorbing knowledge from a book, but she is helping me coach a writer. I was trying to take notes in my notebook during the coaching session…
I’ve always been kind of weirded out by suburban neighborhoods. The uniformity of most houses in the neighborhood, to the extent that the families in the houses also start to mirror each other… A dog in the front yard. Kids who go to the good public school down the street. A van or a nice car in…
I sing of hot suns and days of fire, of burning hearts ablaze with life, as friends and families, lovers and strangers alike, splash away on…
#14 Hyundai Journey of love;
-Akila Sridhar
Just like the band on my wrist
Some days coiled with hair
Some days missing from
Scene of crime or it’s pair
Facing the Giants Death Crawl scene has become very popular…
Because people have shared it hundreds of thousands of times.
In the Death Crawl scene from Facing the Giants, the football coach pushes Brock, the team captain…
The Sun and Moon shine and we can glow, however…looking down, can bring you down and ours is all above us….
I think you’ve laid out a good plan. On the other hand, if you’re an adult, then why do you have to tell the at all? It’s your life and you have the freedom to do what you want including quitting your job to travel the world. Perhaps I’m missing something?
OMC (Oh My Cat), these are ADORABLE.
I especially love the titles on the books in the main picture: A Tale of Two Kitties, Rat Holes of the World, Caterbury Tales. Twain is a hoot with a kitten on his back and that enormous mustache. And the captions you wrote for each kitty pic are a laugh a minute. This is a keeper!
And the world is turning against you
Entrepreneurship is a drug. The worst kind of drug. An incredibly addictive one. You take one hit. Get one high. And nothing else matters. You’ll do your best to chase that feeling your whole life.
Your business becomes your life.
Nobody prepares you for how overwhelming it’s going to be. But nobody really can, I suppose. What are they going to say y’know…? And how? Where do they start?
I mean, it’s a different experience for everyone but I’m willing to bet we’re all just as worked up and emotional…
Duffy has crossed the Rainbow Bridge, but during his lifetime, he considered it his responsibility to supervise my writing.
This was my very first week of college you might think that the first week of college would be stressful and maybe a…
I know what I want, it’s to help people acknowledge all of who they are, strengths and weaknesses too. To help them to…
I am drowning, in the mystery of my future, the destruction that is my past and the perfection in my present. I am drowning in the beauty of those I admire, the obsession of those that admire me and the passion of being one worth a following. I am drowning, from all I think…
Have you ever wondered whether it’s harder or easier to make multiple changes to your life all at once? Maybe you thought this would be an impossible idea for an average person and only those with strongest will could be capable of such extraordinary feats. Turns out…
Joy is Not Separate from You
Joy is not separate from the rest of your existence.
…just when you thought you were over yourself, take a stroll through your soul/Just when you think you are over yourself and out…
This thing happens sometimes:
Sometimes when I create, it’s difficult to get new ideas. But more often than not one idea leads to the next and I…
He gave me two books today.
Sheepishly handing them to me like a love letter, or in this case, a roundabout rejection.
I doubt he’s worried, but I don’t mind. Maybe I would’ve cried before summer, but as he hands me this book and I read the poem on the back, I can’t help but have a weird grin on my…
If broccoli follows the power law and wealth distribution follows the power law, then are they not both natural?
Or am I missing your point?
How toarrive at a place,a space,to sharea moment of love, loss and peace,sadness, anger and fear,all at once,all in one,and still...know thatwe’re both okay?
preference status
voices unspoken
Everything will come to an end, eventually
When the last beat is being feltWhen the papers finally signedWhen the connection is stoppedWhen the trust is being brokenWhen the last words are being saidWhen the guts are failed to be builtWhen the bridges are burn
For no reason at all
I gave myself this impression
When you hit a brick wall in your writing, it is not the end. It is not a cul-de-sac!
I used to think it was, until I realised that the world was limitless in its vibrancy and influences. These free things were always there for the taking.
Weak, sober, depressed and dejected… He put on a broad smile that hide his pain away from the physical eyes. The pillar…
Because I don’t leave my house every day to go to work in an office, it’s easy to…
A continuation of the article How to Use Your Kitchen to Find a Job…These stories are adapted from my Blog, Big Bites…
there isn’t much to life they say. after all don’t you think it’s true?
it’s 5.30am the alarms rings and you snooze it go back to sleep, and wake up an hour later, realizing you only have 30 mins to catch that bus, you skip breakfast, you just make it on time to the office. you sit in your seat and start to work. half of the…
Aging is a test
“I want to apologise, for coming across like anything other than a total trainwreck. Not that I think for a second you’ve been fooled. But people tell me I look cool sometimes. Now I don’t usually have to confidence to correct them, but you’ve earned earnestness.
first let me start by defining the term “moderation”;
moderation;means avoidance of excess or extreme ,especially in ones behaviors or a way of life emphasizing perfect amounts of everything not indulging in too much of one thing.
Sometimes I lay in bed and stare at the ceiling.
Sometimes I just want to be alone and feel nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
I want to lay still and feel nothing.
Thanks Milli, I especially love Twain’s remark about red heads! He was definitely a character with strong and bold opinions … something I am learning to voice out loud, instead of keeping them to myself.
So I learn from both cats and other authors and their books!
When we are no longer able to change a situation…we are challenged to change ourselves. ~ Viktor Frankl
Kyntharyn sat down, doing her best not to glare at their unwanted guests.
“Excuse me, but I think we have this table reserved.” Her voice made it clear there was about as much doubt in what she was saying as there was room for anyone else in her evening. She’d liked the look of this…
sometimes i wonder
if the alcohol of which
consumes my mother
was more of my fault
then it was her’s?
Dream New Dreams
C.C.O image from Pixabay
I took a journey
The last time I felt stuck was immediately before the discovery of mold in the wall of our home sent us spinning. My baby girl and I sought refuge 1,000 miles away in my hometown while my husband stayed behind to work, sleeping at a friend’s house.
Be careful what you wish for.
Lost in their familiarity,Found in the anonymity,Entangled in the conformity,Yet viewed and termed in singularity.
Thanks for adding a photo of Emily, the coaching cat. She apparently has already absorbed some wisdom from books and from YOU and is now passing it on!
you see peoplei see blank screens
you see partiesi see cold feet
you see the worldi see a segment of reality
It is interesting that you see socialism as left and capitalism as right. Individualism and socialism are opposites.
Capitalism has a place in both of them.
Individualism supports the right of individuals to have dignity.
It is so amazing and such a joy when a furry companion sits with you and helps you write. Even though a writer’s life is often a lonely one, having someone sit with you while you are doing the work can be a tremendous boost! Thanks for sharing.
How they want it? Nice and neat, tightly packed, condensed — but dense. Lots of imagery…
Doing legal paperwork isn’t fun for me, I do not like queuing, or filling forms, but I have found a way to make things interesting…
Memories of our conversations are still there,Memories of our late night discussion are still there,Memories of our playfulness are still there,Memories of our thoughts are still there.
So did you hear about the NEW scientific study on how to get your mojo back?? No!? you didn’t well Me Neither. Isn’t it Funny how all these so-called smart people from Doctors, Psychologist, you name it. Gives you all this advice, books, inspirational…
I’ve taken a look around the past few days and I’ve noticed something peculiar. Among the different mid to late 20 somethings I’ve spoken with, we’re passionate culture warriors throughout the spectrum and absolutely normal folks as well. We dig into our wallets or purses…
