My dad died. He was 86. I always knew he would die, he was old my entire life. He was…
The one thing that I wanted to talk about was the concept of believing in yourself, especially in the age of the internet. You’re constantly comparing yourself to other people, you’re constantly comparing yourself to other… like people in your field of study that may be better than you are at what you’re doing. They…
I’ve always thought of myself as the good guy. It’s not that I wasn’t aware that the potential to be a super…
I left Australia as an eight year old when my parents moved to Hong Kong. Ten years later I returned to Sydney and realised “home” was not quite as I remembered.
The 2000 Sydney Olympic games were a confusing time, I didn’t know which country to…
I’ve been single for awhile now. As a relatively attractive, relatively emotionally stable…
I went skinny dipping for the first time at 24 years old.
I am sick of technology. Let me rephrase that. I am sick of how I and many others USE technology. I am sick of being a voyeur. I don’t know how we came to this point, but I feel offended that I am at times a modern day stalker without actually wanting to be one. I realized…
Hyopthetical headlines. Opinionated teenagers rant about their own inadequacies. Faking interest is the new chief coping mechanism. Adolescents’…
As my grandmother (my mother’s mom — Nani in Hindi) whose body is now over 80 years is suffering the pull and pushes of her body’s age, going…
A Sliding Doors Moment; a junction in life where choices lead to divergent paths.
I think its best to describe this piece as like a coffee shop ramble to a friend…
Welcome to my first ever episode of “So I graduated…now what?”. I am your host Fiona Tran with a new series of blog posts to help me navigate my utterly terrifying post-graduate life.
Acceptance and Ephemeral in life..
Things change when they are destined to be changed. Everything happens at the right time it’s just a matter of patience. It is only when you see yourself totally into the darkness and everything going hopelessly wrong only then out of nowhere, you get the courage to gather your shattered…
What we experience, think, or feel isn’t any different than what others do, so why grapple with feelings of inconsistency or doubts. Why question or try to ascertain the right or the wrong. Who are we? Are we the creators? Do we have the knowledge of this universe? No we are…
Andei evitando falar sobre amor nas últimas semanas, levei umas rasteiras e me vi na beira de um grande abismo: o de…
“She’ll come back”
He has a gut feeling about it. Though this time he’s not as certain. Holding his crappy…
There’s an artwork which used to be on display in my school library. It’s a map of the world, colored pencil on black…
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
Давно задумывались о том что, как и кому вы говорите? С какой интонацией? Как преподносите ту или иную мысль или новость?
It was one of those days where every meeting disappeared from my calendar. People…
To See Africa’s Wealth, Go To An African Funeral
Africa is not poor. Africa’s problem is that we prefer to spend on the dead rather than the living. If you want to see the wealth of Africa on display, attend an African burial. We spend more on funerals than on education. Spend your money on the living not the dead. A…
Good piece, Charles.
I’ve talked with Maarten van Doorn a lot about this, but, to your first point about modern self-help being ethics agnostic: I think it’s hard to do self-help well with psychology alone; it needs philosophy, too.
I slept in until noon this morning. I didn’t hit snooze on any alarms because I…
I allowed myself to fall in love for one night And now this is my plight I take with me onward through this life
I drink a lot of coffee that too with many variations below picture is from one of my favourite coffee places in Bengaluru India. But the ‘Elixir’ mentioned in the title is not this coffee (it is in some sense).
By this timeMy feet are lost in the sandRejoicing the warmth of the landFeeling the sea breezeLungs never at such ease.
I was talking to a friend last night — My Person. We were reminiscing about our growing up days and the twists and turns in our…
What does it take to be a likable person? How can you make yourself attractive to others, but…
It started innocently enough, with me getting up early to leisurely do all the stuff I wanted to have done before we headed out to see our…
Hoping for Change is Vicious Cycle
Life doesn’t move according to our will or desires. We all know that good things don’t come easy, and never come to us when we expect them most. Most of us wake up every day to go back to the same routine we followed yesterday and day before yesterday and day before that, in the hope of…
Das erste Mal in Urlaub gefahren sind meine Eltern mit meinem vier Jahre älteren Bruder und mir, als ich 2,5 Jahre alt war. Bis ich etwa Anfang…
A lady of 62 years old loves High heeled shoes fashion.
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Her name is Eriko Yagi 八木 恵利子.
She is a Japanese lady and 62 years old.
Her High heeled shoes and Dress fashion are so pretty and high taste!
Our life path number not only indicates the essence of our personality, shows our main strengths and weaknesses, it also…
Come to end of August, in the middle of women’s double of Asian Games badminton, I saw a news in group chat.
The picture of new-born baby boy.
Social democracy in Norway is the combination of real equal opportunities, a safety net, and fierce capitalistic competition. The government does not save companies that goes bankrupt…
A close friend of mine said this to me the other day, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since: “Ride the wave…
I get this question often.
When I talk about taking care of a whole person, and helping people uncover their inner wisdom around how best to care for themselves, it doesn’t always make sense to people.
I know that I can come off as a pretty sarcastic person sometimes. My humor tends to lean more towards the dark side of life. I’m…
One of the most innovative scientists of the last century is the physicist Richard Feynman who was awarded the Nobel prize for his work on Quantum Electrodynamics in 1965. The funny thing is that Feynman was an…
Lately there has been someone I’ve known for sometime try to slide and ask me out a few times.
He began messaging me on social media, trying to be suave and douchey, I guess thinking that I was into that kind of guy. He would ask highly…
It was the most beautiful sight I had ever seen. After 6 kms of a rocky trek in the valley, I just sat on a rock looking…
A selfish and coldly logical aproach to public healthcare.
The hardest part was standing there when you were leaving. Leaving or rather I say escaping me. Numb there…
In one of those moments of existential despair I asked my father — what is the most important thing in life? I had bothered him before with questions like — why are we here, what is the meaning of life, why, why?
11:37 PM, Sunday
21st August, TuesdayRegistering for the ultimate experience was out of sheer excitement and enthusiasm. I was so proud of the journey. I wanted to make this moment memorable. How? Was the question in mind. Suddenly, it…
(written for my writing group)
Pieces of beautiful glassDifferent colors, shapes and sizesSome carefully…
Easier said than done when you are hustling for that next dollar to make sure rent, mortgage, car or debts get paid on time, applied in entrepreneurship, the hustle doesn’t stop until the path towards profitability is carved and laid out clean.
I’ve read (and some met them in person) stories of successful entrepreneurs…
Decluttering our mind of vines and pests on a daily basis…
I haven’t written in a while. Like a long while. I’ve been busy. Not that you’d know it by looking at my house…
I witnessed an un-seemingly beautiful moment yesterday, rerouted on a 6 mile diversion due to road closure.
NOTES ON PRAYER
Before you pray, know the will of God concerning your prayer. You want to have biblical verses to support your prayer. If you want to pray for the peace and rest of God, you could read Hebrews 4 vs 1-11; psalms 23:1-6; Phil 4:7;
or what has been up
It’s been a while since I’ve sat down with myself.
সম্ভবত আগামী মাসের মধ্যেই ভারতের মহামান্য Supreme Court, সমকামিতা বা Gaysex এর বৈধতা নিয়ে রায় দেবে। 4দিন 5…
For the colours of the garden, for the damp touch of the soil…
For the laughters of Hana, for her fascination of foil.
For the joy of being alone, for the joy of being alive…
Everyday I could wake up and just give up.
Hey my friend
How are you doing?
Is Ionutcoach here.
Today I want to share with you some of the lesions I have learned.
One morning I was watching the movie Griffin & Phoenix. It is about two terminally ill patients who do things they like in order to enjoy life…
I don’t know whether it was a fine morning, anyway when searching for the phone I was partly awake. ‘Aaha’ 8 AM, I don’t even…
I have been astounded by the management styles I have witnessed while residing in…
Personally I don’t think a majority of people worry about this shit.
There is probably a name for the people that do. Hypochondriac maybe.
The wealthy have gotten more than 100% of economic gains?
Really? Define economic gains.
I am very happy than you were able to relate to my article and thank you so much for finding the time to read it, Igreatly appreciate it and you.
I really hope my article helps you and also pushes you forward.
Best, D. L. Samuels
I’m letting go of all conditions.
Less. Less is more. The power of less. Everybody is talking about less.
But less of what? Pretty much less of everything.
And that’s where we’re back to the initial problem. There is just too much of everything so that it’s almost impossible to know where to start…
I contacted him out of desperation.
He knows me better than anybody else, so its easy to communicate with someone who always give you harsh opinion but still be there for you. Well, he’s my ex.
Breathing Meditation to Relieve Anxiety and Promote Health
My answer to why… is there is just too much damn beauty and possibility to not focus on the good and hope for the best. I am an optimist though, so I could just be biased. :) ❤
I asked the feral 14 year old how the morning workout went yesterday.
They think of me as a trophy,maybe to lock me up in a caseor like a hamster in a wheel?So that I can run to fill their needs…
One of these photos was taken from the Crux Fermentation Project in Bend, OR.
Scientists are working on the theory of everything. A formula that would encompass all others and explain the…
I agree with you about the “9 to 5" rationalization. However I don’t know how “paid work” fits here…
What I mean is that you need resources to sustain your life. Exchanging services or information for something of value, is pretty much how the civilization came about to function. I don’t think there’s a way to really get…
Have you ever find yourself deeply taken in a discussion?
Warren Buffet made his fortune focusing on businesses that he understands by investigating how the businesses were doing in the…
Tomorrow is Monday which means that we’ll see plenty of people starting their new lifestyle tomorrow. After all, it’s always an, “I’ll start Monday” mentality that people have. I don’t know if it’s because it’s a new week, or because they know that when they…
Open letters and open thoughts are great forms of worthwhile genuine expression. A lot of us have crossed lines, but few can give an honest reflection on our actions. To reflect, takes an ability to able to process everyone's actions, most importantly our own.
Interesting concept. At a conference a professor was following me around. To get rid of him I said “ you are a man of principle. Find me a principle for making decisions’. He returned to my surprise after two hours with what I named the deathbed principle.
I have been writing for a long, long time.
I have a multitude of essays, journals, poems.
Many will never be read.
Many have been out there to read,
If there is truly something I am incredibly guilty of these past few years, it’s that I…
Wish to share my literary mentor and prolifically Creative soul late Max Babi’s Urdu Poetry Transcreated In English by him..
Thank you so much for taking the time out to read my article. I greatly appreciate it, and also thank you for your insightful response/thesis.
He rests amongst the stars,
Sitting:
They say that ideas that spread win. So why are you trying to hide and protect yours?
Originally published at yanngirard.typepad.com.
I grow weary thinking of all that’s happened the past few months.
Kamu harus tahu bahwa MEMAAF-kan adalah obat untuk mendapatkan kebahagiaan.
Ku telah melalui masa kehancuran yang terberat di dalam hidupku. Para bibir berkata “Sebagaimana hancurkah hidupmu di masa lampau sehingga kau bisa bertutur demikian?”. Baiklah biarkan kuceritakan…
So this weekend I was trying hard to have better wpm in my typing skill. Why so many people can type above 100 wpm? At this moment I feel muscle memory give a lot contribution on that.
In my sixth grade class and my home, there was a shattered window. In the winter we’d shiver…
I sway.
Patterns, melodies, words
I get addicted and carried away
I’ll stare at you for the longest of time
Not a word you’ll hear me say.
Oh, I want to be wrapped and loved
On getting down from the Ola at the academy along with my baggages and my parents and sister who came to see me off, I realized that it was time that I would finally have to be on my own. Hence, the beginning of my life at the academy.
One thing I remember Jamie Oliver once said was that you can tell what kind of people are behind the food once you eat…
Knows the truth, we might be wrong at a certain way
That's the way how people did the truly nature of human being
Yeah, we are..
Then now, how if we accepted them all?
Alcohol and nicotineMy strawberries and creamCoffee and cakeA perfect combinationTo dull the acheHeartacheFuelled by mistakesRushing…
You do not owe anyone anything.
That statement can come across really selfish and quite brutish but it is very much true. As we grow we realize that you don’t have to give people your time and effort if you really don’t want too. Some people even feel…
Se almeno una volta vi siete trovati a dover far da “cassiere”, per una festa di compleanno o un regalo di laurea, queste poche righe sono per voi.
Non arrabbiatevi con gli amici che avete rincorso per giorni per avere la quota o con quelli…
This is to the broken heartedThe dreamersThe loversThe adventurous sinners who laughat what the world serves themSends it back…
I went to the Animal Shelter yesterday just to experience a little dog time, alto.
I can relate to this on a personal level. Feeling like you’re so close to a feeling you have always wanted, just for it to be far. It can be seen, but it’s too far to touch.
BewilderingMelancholic too, maybe.I couldn’t know when did this metamorphosis start! Or it’s the constant breaking and building, Like the bonds of cells under my flesh.Don’t know if it’s solid or liquid! It seems to be rock solid in my heart but often flows down my veins.What is this making and remaking of my heart? Or is it just getting…
Why is life not giving what I want?
Social media has reduced our attention span to -3 seconds while at the same time, it has increased our expectations by…
Starving for love and affection, what does one do to mend a lonely soul?
By the way, if you want to know where that Perroux quote I refer to can be found in English, it is in Michel Albert’s excellent Capitalism vs. Capitalism, first published in English in 1993. Here are a couple of online chapters that include the Perroux quote.
For some reason, the desire to create consumes me. Of everything that I am: a traveler, a cook, a…
In one of Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Shareholder Meetings, Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger were…
This morning I am grateful for:
Schedule:
Society is at a point in history unlike any other previously recorded. Opportunity is available for all, and for those who it is not, the gap is quickly closing. If it were not for technological advances this wouldn’t be possible, but just as a brain acts when subject to Psilocybin, we are all…
It is so important to not get boxed by the identity that we choose for ourself.
Hello,
Thank You for sharing. I too have been in a situation that felt like a never ending maze. Every time I thought that I found the way out, it always turned out to be just another road block keeping me stuck until I decided I had no other choice but to stop running and realize the only way out was to remember how I ended…
You are not your job.
Sage advice that I received and discarded as a teen.
See, I knew a better way. If you do what you love, then work isn’t even work. Your friends are your peers and even your bosses.
I didn’t get much guidance when I was a kid. My parents were preoccupied with their own…
I just had a random thought pop into my head.
Its easier to stay in shape if you don’t eat too many calories.
Dark Thought
As we know that there is a constant debate about having a bright thought is good or being prepare for the dark is good ,but as I know and u all must know that darkness is the mixture of the bright things. U can take example of making color black from mixing the bright colors.
Only you walk in your shoes. I am the only one who walks in mine. Advise or cliches are usually insensitive and hurtful.
I try to remember the people who brought me happiness or taught me something useful. I try not to reminisce about things that failed or hurt when possible. OTHER than comparing the two in hope of improving…
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
— Confucius
With each birthday, I’m supposed to be getting wiser. But, I don’t think I have any listicles of wisdom that I’ve learned over the years that I can share. How to tie my…
This is the story of the past three years of my life. It’s romance in a way, but it’s also a breakup story. It begins sometime in 2015, a year during which my life was coming apart in various ways. In addition to the unraveling of my marriage, I began to sense some fraying around the edges of my social circles. Both online and in real life, people…
Today, it’s become a norm that whatever we are good at must be showcased. Solidarity and mysterious talents do not exist anymore. From cooking to playing a sport, every talent we possess is public. It’s understandable that reaching a wide range of audience is important for someone who…
I have become incredibly skilled at doing things I don’t feel up to doing, even the littlest things like get out of bed, chores, errands, go outside. I always have to force the first step but once I do I get it done.
Perfect choice of the pic, Carmen, to match the words ❤️
September 14, 2017
Lately, I’ve been realizing what I want out of life. I want a job that I am passionate about because I want to go into work and not feel that I’m working. When you do what you love, you’ll never feel like it’s an actual…
Today’s self-empowering statement to positively affect yourself:
Repeat with me: I AM SUCCESS EVERY MOMENT!
So dude, Do you want to know the reason why I pick this topic for today’s blog? Be in the present is the most easy skill that can help boost your professional career yet hard to maintain. since there are a lot of any distraction that you might find…
Everytime I feel like I’m ready to go back — to life, to reality — something, someone says: “sit your ass down. You’re good. What do you need, really?”
I say to my daughter that I may have to actually get a “go to the office” job soon. She says “Nah, we aren’t suffering are we?”
We expect everyone to be nice when we fail to be the same.
Thank, Alizeh, for an interesting read.
Of all the pain,
That marks our years,
Of all the darkness…
Of all the drawn out, searing, strife,
There is no joy,
POSSE: The Lone Wolf’s New Pack
Howl up high to the Moon
Hear them yell back Boos
There will be situations in our lives where we’re faced with a tough decision. A decision that we know could…
It was nice to read supportive comments of the previous post saying that I will soon reach the halfway…
Counted your blessings?But why stop there?Why not continue to count…and open your heart for another?And another? And another?
My mind is a one cast endless piece of cardboard. I can never see it as anything else. Paper? Canvass? For me, it’s always been either a stretch of desert or cardboard.
And not even a nice cardboard, mind you. More like the type of cardboard your Amazon package is made of: grayish brown…
Simple things most people will want in 10 years
Exquisite, Giulia. Sad, but exquisite 💕
Have you ever felt so alone, so messed up? Your life is falling apart around you and there’s nothing you can do. The people you thought you would have forever leave you. You feel like you suck at everything in life; your job, what you dream to do, you just feel like a failure. When…
Take a slice out of time, so the crimes of today aren’t so prevalent tomorrow…yester-morrow (yesterday’s tomorrow) is here~ we can evoke and…
In search of…..
Something happened to me on the 27th of April, something that I never in my wildest dreams thought will occur even though I went out searching for it… to be continued ….
Sometimes there’s solace in going it alone.
In this moment of human history, a new wave is rising. Human empowerment. People are waking up to the fact that they have a…
We’ve all compared ourselves to others. Whether thats someone better looking, more successful, more…
August 26, 2018
We went outside today as a family.
When we decided to return home, my father told my brother to drive so that he could get some experience driving in traffic.
and they thought it was the rain that wetted his eyes.
and she waited so long for him that earth started forming cracks running out of patience.
they prayed to every god and almighty for their child, now their own sanity is at question.
One day I will die. But what’s next? This is the problem for all. The main reason for the debate over…
從小，我是升學主義背景長大的，總是被灌輸要考上好的大學，才能有好的工作。
然而什麼是好的工作呢?再者，人的一生即為了工作，然後結婚生子才叫做圓滿嗎?
看到身邊許多朋友因為家裡因素或是成績所致，坐著自己不喜歡的事，也讀著不適合自己的研究所，只敢在心裡有些抱怨，卻依然以追求更好的學歷來說服自己和家人，我想這是台灣很常見的悲歌。
Psalms 57:5 (KJV)Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
David describes his situation previous to this verse with the words, “My soul is among lions” and in the following verse as, “They have prepared a net for my…
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I sounds like you have a million and one topics to write about but you can try writing as much as you can first thing in the morning go for quality over quantity.
This is not a day 89 realization, but you know, whatever. Outside rotation to one / four major departments is over, and we got to experience what it’s like working in a government hospital.
The biggest challenge in being a clerk, as of the moment, is not the time constraints, nor the…
The emptiness is filling me up,
But, even though I’m already full,
It doesn’t stop…
Everyone pushed me to the edge,
Into the abyss…
