Dear Younger Brothers,
While the story of how Buddhism…
Enlightenment-lite
This article was originally published on LinkedIn.
It’s your 100th birthday.
Have you invented something so cool, useful and original that the rest of the world just…
For several years now, I’ve had an odd pain on my front, towards my pelvis, on the left side.
I can remember the exact moment I noticed it. I’ve been dealing with back pain since the birth of my son, and one day I was loading up the dishwasher when BAM! Excruciating…
Morning begins with the sun lightIt stretches…
I am sitting in my underwear reading the obituaries in the LA Times when he calls. He never calls so I decide not to…
I have no one to blame for my life but myself.
Even as you read the post, you may also listen to this as a pod cast on…
Have you ever wondered why people play musical instruments on weekends? Why someone takes holiday to go do…
‘I feel as if I was born to come here,’ I said to my roommate, after my first glance at the majestic mountain…
If wishes were horses…
What would I wish for in the Ideal Partner?
The soul is not born; it does not die; it was not produced…
Thank you for your response.
That being said, “prejudice + privilege = racism” is your personal definition. In reality, racism is a subset of prejudice - all racism is prejudice, but not all prejudice is racism. Other (and historically deadlier) forms of prejudice involve religion and ethnicity…and all forms of prejudice…
We are walking through a picturesque university campus, one of the many we have visited on this…
Good morning Bandhu.. Today’s date is interesting for me….. On 8th of July 1992… Which is 25 years…
“What is to give light must endure burning.” — Victor Frankl
The life of all people is made up of relationships. The most important relationships…
by Dr. Donna Roberts
There was a time, you had to make an effort for everything you valued. The simpler times they call it…
The reason many are poor is because when money appears into their life, they immediately think of what to buy instead of what to invest. Money is a seed. If you eat your seed, you will starve. Seeds are meant to be planted so you can have a harvest which you can then eat to your heart’s content. Many people are focused on making money fast, but it’s…
Mare started out as Sharman’s quirky and artsy friend who would show up at the office in the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjSQNmC7M7g
Se fosse, significaria mudança de propósito, reviravolta, crescimento e evolução. Soa clichê, mas é verdade. Este ano, aprendi que as coisas passam e que são exatamente o que elas são. “A gente vive o que a gente tem”, disse…
As an actor for over 26 years of my career, my roles in 11 languages have ranged between…
“Werner wonders in the dead of…
We all deal with considerable “insincerity,” even here where we have a forum for original thought. So many writers find articles and stories they like, figuring they’ll make it their own—especially in the self-improvement category. “Writing to be seen” appears to be the order of the day, from texting to self-publishing. Books today are about being…
Nature has always left a secret message to mankind. Albert Einstein once said, “Look deep into nature, and you will…
I turned the knob on the door in my room, it didn’t open, my heart skipped a bit. I turned it again, applying more pressure…
…for many years I thought and spoke about evolution as the direction we were missing, as the hu-man race — I…
The last day of August and today is one of the better days of the week.
People relate death to the end of life, but I recently felt that death is actually a part of…
What I’ve found after 30-days on Medium.
My view on relationships and breakups is skewed, it’s true.
I haven’t ever even been in a true relationship; I had a significant other when I was 18/19, and I guess being that age I was sort of wild, thinking I probably loved him and was the best…
Curiosity is the better part of judgmentalism. Curiosity is about open-mindedness, a mindset that refuses to judge as a default response. A curious person is more interested in asking questions than finding answers.
Nobody behaves uniformly throughout life. If somebody is rude to us we tend to judge her by this single…
Hello this the first episode of “Story of a Friend” by me about people around me that I care dearly. This is done by interviewing them face-to-face in Bahasa and I record it, then at home I translate the recording to English. The recording…
Instagram was one of my favourite social media, and for good reason. It has simple and attractive user interface…
I smile a lot. It’s unusual to see a frown on my face or a furrowed brow. But occasionally I’ll be deep in…
When I was a little girl, the only time I felt safe and didn’t have to be on high alert was when I stayed…
There’s an unfortunate downside to this. I’m an active member of our local kink community. I’ve met more than a few shell-shocked vanilla guys who wander into our scene- not because they’re looking for fun- but because they got in way over their heads and were trying to piece together what happened.
It was their usual meeting, Thursday night, sports bar, sports talk. Only this time there was something bothering Joe.
“I don’t know what to do, Ed. Is it wrong?”
Today was a really tough day.
I feel like having too many choices hurts us in the long run. If we have multiple options, we wrestle with ourselves…
Mi vida parece haberse puesto en orden, ya hace tiempo la carga parecía aligerarse, de a poco, pero en fin, a hacerlo. Creí que estaría mejor si me…
I rest on a futon with a posture that is far too scrunched up for one to ever look comfortable from a plain person’s perspective…
I worked as a chef for a well-known international hotel chain. For all of its espousing their mantra of, “We take care of our employees because they take care of our guests,” the fact that they outsourced management of groups of their hotels (at least in the U.S.) to management companies led to arbitrary rule-bound cultures which did not become…
Start with a clean, empty canvas.
There’s something liberating about it. An empty page is a beautiful opportunity to start fresh. An empty page has no rules or guidelines on the words you can write and the story you will tell.
Growth is never coincidental- Tope Hassan
With all due respect Deb, your failure in this context was a lack of preparation and perhaps an overconfidence in your ability to “freestyle” your way through the meeting.
We cannot control certain parameters nor inputs in real life. To me, the addition of extra participants in your meeting is a sign of respect and how much…
Bukan berarti aku sedih karena tidak ada yang merayakan atau mengapa.
Just try again one more time
Just for one more time,I want you to try this again
To open your inner eye
To open your hurt heart
To open your closed mind
As I surfaced from the Shanghai metro exit, the sun beams down so hard that I am giving the…
When we encounter pain, we normally don’t know what to do with ourselves. To some of…
A story told in snapchat
I read an article a few weeks back & it angered me. I was angry for good two-three…
the last night of August Matter challenge, tonight, with a quite moody sky in the city Ulaanbaatar and terribly shattered self of mine, is to be concluded in the parchment of the universe in the hands of the Almighty. the Almighty is yawning by my medium story, maybe.
It’s still only August. But, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t already excited about Halloween. Since June.
Recently I began to question so many things about life and the way we utilize every minute of our day. It has…
I’m the sort of person who makes myself busy.
Ironic how I took the time to write about being busy when I could just get on with my day and finish some, if not all of my tasks.
Hello world! My name is Adam Brock and I am a student in Dr. Tony Ferrar’s Mechanics of Fluids Class this fall at Temple University. One of our unique assignments for this course is to produce a weekly blog post, and what better than a personal introduction to start the semester off?
#17 Can you promise me?
To love me and to keep me in love?
To put in efforts and keep the fire alive?
-Akila Sridhar
Can you make me 7 promises to calm the rush in my mind? Can you calm the storm and be an escape in the floods? Can you be an aid and…
Olá, Medium!
Como amante do desenvolvimento de softwares, não poderia deixar o título de meu primeiro post por aqui sem uma clara referência ao que eu tanto amo fazer (apesar de um dia eu quase ter abandonado antes mesmo de começar, mas isso é outra história que pretendo contar no meu segundo post quando falarei do início de…
जाने दो उसको,आखिर कब तब उनलम्हो में रहोगे ?वो लम्हा कब कागुजर चुका है।कब तक तुमउनको थामे बैठे रहोगे,अरे जाने दो ना,छोड़ो जो हुआ,जाने दो।
This is a really awesome quote. I think that all too often people try to manipulate the consequences to their gain or either attempt to minimize the damage that will result in their poor choice. I love this simple concept that goes like this; “If you pick up one end of a stick, you’re going to lift up the other end.” That’s a natural law. It…
You always hear people say, “back in my day” or, “when I was younger.” Then they go on some rant about how much better things were back then and how much simpler of a time that they lived in. With technology being so advanced now, I can get the simplistic side of things, but not really the…
Here’s your round-up of the top stories from the past week in the FIA World Rally Championship…
The Magic of Aliveness, the Mystery of the Unseen, and the Gratitude of Being
This is the second of four posts that discuss cross-axis relationships — the…
Did you see the newest version of my new business card?
Yes, I misspelled photos … I try to keep my words in the Friday Funday headlines all starting with F. And…
Keep on the path
I must
Sepuluh tahun yang lalu. Aku masih memakai celana panjang merah sebagai kegiatan sehari-hariku di sekolah. Aku dibesarkan di Pulau Dewata dan tinggal di sana selama satu windu.
Tapak Suci adalah olahraga yang kugeluti. Almamater pertamaku berembel Muhammadiyah. Salah satu…
Made of galvanized steel and rivetswith a concrete gut. Cornfed andtough, he’d stand out in thatrough, clay-baking heat — protecting his livelihood toprotect his reason for being,and all the while cigarette buttsrained down to his feet.And though he didn’t talk much…
I want to tell you a story of two men on a boat. While traveling on the boat, one of the men started destroying a part of the boat. The…
I devour content on Medium.
Then compare what I think and write to the content that I’ve read. I’m not pithy…
Greeted by problemsEveryday of the weekToo much to handleI am getting weak
Yo, You guys all know that human nature is lazy, enjoyment and LACK of discipline. So the only way to develop a human is to put them under…
It was just a random meeting of the eyes and a casual smile,Or that's how they lied to themselves and to the others.
They both knew it wasn't, so did the others.They didn't want to admit,Him to her,Her to him,And certainly not to others. Why? Nobody quite knew.
Anxiety is back, but this time it is different.It doesn’t show its full face until I am entirely calm, like when I want to sleep…
“I don’t matter” as the most settling thought.
In the large scale of things, you don’t matter like you think you do, the world doesn’t revolve around…
Pada malam itu,
(sunyi, sepi, suara jangkrik dan lampu oren yang menyala hangat)
#COHEzIONS*: Conversations On Human Equity that bind us together
My friend with the silver open roof coupé
Is the only thing we need.
And it’s the only thing we have.
So choose wisely…
Originally published at yanngirard.typepad.com.
He’d made his web in the rafters,Between a pair of bright stage lights.
At first, I wasn’t sure of reading the article. Glad that I took a leap of faith. Interesting, thought provoking and an important analysis in the age of 'approval' market.
Of late the sheer need to have many gadgets, appliances and other stuff is staggering. Watches have become a matter of statement. Glasses establish your…
The other day, my mom asked me what things upset me. After she asked me this simple question, I had realized…
We live in dark tunnels which are a self construct. we torture ourselves by convincing our consciousness…
I am a girl who is working at one of fintech company somewhere in Asia as software engineer. I…
First things first, I don’t have the answer to the question mentioned as the title. I just want to shed some light or what ever I can, on the matter.
I think that point is key: consumption shouldn’t be seen as a substitute for happiness. It’s common form to increase your consumption as more disposable income becomes available. This is a vicious cycle, however, as this enslaves you to the trappings of wealth and moves you away from enjoying the moment and not worrying about who’s wearing what or…
“I’m impatient. I get angry every day.”
“I’m indecisive. I just can’t make decision fast.”
“I’m not creative. I can’t think of new ideas.”
Don’t lower your eyesDon’t shrink from the responsibilityKeep your gaze highHold your lamp aloft.
कभी कभी सोचता हूँ की ज़िन्दगी एक सड़क की तरह है, रोज़ाना हज़ारों लोगों को साथ लेकर चलती है फिर भी रात के चीरते सन्नाटे में खुद को एक चौराहे पर खड़ी पाती है एक दम तन्हा| कल सुबह फिर से एक बार निकल पड़ेगी अपने सफर पर, जिसमे मुसाफिर होंगे, जनाज़े होंगे, कुछ नुमाइंदे होंगे तो कुछ तमाशे होंगे, बारातें होंगी और…
Yayyyyy Iva! That’s growth. And I’ve got thoughts. For one, since this is all about Medium and the algorithm, it should be unlocked 😉
Right now, more people are locking stories than ever. There’s more competition than even a couple months ago. I think that impacts payouts.
And just like that, your sophomore year of college is coming to an end. Before you know it, you’ll be packing up your…
No seed hates:
Buried alive,
Holding no grudge,
1 Corinthians 7:1–2 (KJV)Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
December 8, 1941
Earlier this summer after having dinner a friend’s house, I looked at her husband and told him he was pregnant. Not in the transgendered…
The real irony, in light of all that is said here, lies in the reality that the United States serves as a beacon of hope to so many Peoples of world nations who view America as the last frontier; the “Promise Land”, as is said, where personal ambition will derive wealth of prosperity. This is most evident by the lengths those of Central America being…
We have a hard time staying in the present because it doesn’t “move” enough. Just like our apps and games, we need motion, conflict and humor. If we don’t see it in front of us, our mind searches its own library. We reflect, in other words, hoping it’ll either entertain or reward us. When bad memories surface, we contemplate different outcomes, we…
My Moleskine is my best friend.
This is our generation’s motto, “be your true self”. A notion initially funded and elaborated by Nietzsche and perhaps the most misunderstood one ever existing. But like every misunderstood concept this one has the potential too to be carved and exacted so it becomes a crucial part of our…
Like many others, I love the narrative of the successful university drop out or the accidental discovery. The notion that failure is a positive experience which allows us to learn and improve is something that I appreciate and have probably preached to friends in the…
How Complaining Became A Profitable Line Of Work. Intro Paragraph. Amusingly sample my Medium emails, and their tones.
Characterize them by their base action. “shock”. “tittilate.” “complain.”
ความแมว ความเจ้านาย ติสต์แตก ความสโลว์ไลฟ์ บางทีก็อยากเกิดเป็นแมว ที่มีทาสเลี้ยงดูอย่างดี
.. ชีวิตเลือกได้ไหม ถ้าเลือกได้ก็จะเลือก
And God help you if you have to put anything back. I still unload the things I definitely have to buy first, leaving anything I might have second thoughts about… if my eyes were bigger than my wallet.
I pretend that it was always marginal. I’m just deciding I don’t want it, that’s all.
I didn’t used to be such a hot head. I used to be cool, calm , and collected. Sure, I got angry every once in a while but who didn’t? Then I spent a year or so completely giving up every bit of myself to everyone- no, it was longer. I really began to understand why mothers…
eu passo muito tempo sozinho. não o estar sozinho como algo penoso e triste, mas de forma prazerosa e contemplativa. mas querendo ou não eu passo muito…
Save yourself before you become it!
Yesterday, I had an uncomfortable conversation with my better half.It was a conversation that I ran away from. My mind tried to tell me it was not true and to deny it but a force higher than my mind took over and made me see the truth in it. Over the last two weeks, my life style had…
I will miss stories of his nutty antics. At the same time, I loved his joy, and am grateful to you and David Montgomery for sharing him. I’m going to sing a tune to Poppy and Esmé tonight. With a little luck, they won’t point noses to the sky and howl. And if they do, maybe they’re just singing along. Thank you.
For me, writing is a lot like regular physical exercise. There are days when I simply don’t feel like doing either. I’m either too tired, too bored, too distracted, or too whatever to get involved. The bottom line is those are the times I’d rather be doing just about…
Adam, I can’t get over this line, it brought tears to my eyes. Keep spreading hope, and I’ll try to do the same. Despair is so easy a feeling to fall into and it just drowns you. I’ve been lost in that place for some days now, but your words have lifted my spirit, thank you!
Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in…
Pair with Fix You by Coldplay
Climbing the Success Hill-part 1 of 7- Commitment
I am here to show a realistic way to become truly successful. The first step is commitment.
It is Friday
Strip 134 of #TheAdultManual
Limbo
Philosophy of Life-Part 1 of 12-The Power
I am here to show the philosophy of life.
#Growth 31.08.2018
I have started loving myself since the day I started increasing my knowledge. Believe me, this phase of life is the best one. As a person, you are becoming more aware of everything like what goes around, and why everything is happening so?
I am thankful that God had given me the chance to know you.
Eventhough we didn’t last long but our moments together will always be my good memories to remember.
The NYC Bagel and Sandwich Shop Franchise has added some new flavors to their menu that exemplify this time…
I don’t write articles as much as I tell stories, so excuse my … peculiar syle.
So, I’m pretty confident after a few years of waiting and observing that some of my dreams are glances into the…
I don’t have children, and I don’t profess to be an authority on child-rearing. But I once was a child, so I do profess to being an expert about myself. And I know the things that worked to encourage my love for learning. Recently, I was reminded of some adult…
What now?
Don’t give me that ‘i don’t know how face’
Do you think am a mess now
Read my lips
You better be kidding
Thanks again. Every time I think of that story, I think of another one, where people did the opposite. A few years ago, there was a story in the news about a little girl who got hit by a truck in a shopping mall in China. The girl’s unconscious body lay in the mall for hours, while thousands of people walked past. I like to think that none of them…
The narrative in your mind, what you tell yourself, what you think, what you believe, your blueprint of…
Purpose vs Motivation.
Some days I don’t have the words.Some days I don’t have the mood.Some days I stare at the metricsat the cost of my own…
Do Better, Be Better
I think there comes a time in everyone’s life when they realize that they’re not the best version of themselves. That time for me is now. I’ve pushed people out of my life, bullied people, haven’t given people the time of day, on and off for years. Let’s just say if someone documented my life over the…
We live in a complicated world. Lately every weather event is caused by climate change.
Yes climates do change. Sometimes for what seems like permanently such as the Sahara desert, sometimes in multidecadal cycles like ENSO, PDO and more I can’t remember.
Ye, you’re right when you woke up and to choose for one hand to happiness and another hand start to think about good plans…
And that’s what I’m “missing.” It’s not apathy, but I’m almost indifferent.
Then again, I just had someone on my van get in my face over a general announcement I had the dumb luck of making — asshole likes to be one — and try to be Al macho about how I better fucking watch this, a d don’t fucking talk that — and I responded…
Thank you for reading and responding Ameaka!!
It means everything to me that it brought tears to your eyes. I am so happy to read that anyone has that type of emotional reaction to my blog and my words.
I just write what gets me through my days and that might help others is a similar situation. I am…
A career in art. And a guiding political conscience. Travel, love, adventure.
One nation, under God.
I’ll never quite grasp the level of help, the angels on my shoulders, that enabled me to walk fearlessly through the valley when all I could see in front of me was darkness and an early grave.
Choosing to stay where what might have been is pure suicide .
Your only job?The most important job you’ll ever have?For family and friends?Isn’t it just to love them? And make sure they know it?Can you get to work today?
Gone are the days when finger painting and daytime naps were as common as the cold. Instead , replaced by…
I lived in Canada for 65 years. Now I live in Santiago, Chile. I am very familiar with Canadian Healthcare. Too expensive use of taxes. Now I have private Healthcare and save money on taxes. Net I am considerably ahead. My Canadian doctor of 35 years was envious I was in Chile because their equipment is better, doctors are better trained, etc, etc.
It’s a relationship So easy to start No principles to live byNo criteria for accessNothing to check you with Except…
A big job sometimes means a big cleanup. When you have a lot of dust and debris to clean up after a long day of working outside, the last thing you want to do is sweep it all by hand. That is a time-consuming…
Hi Diane, anyone who is a self-proclaimed cat person, get MY claps! AND I can’t resist quoting Mark Twain again with some gender changes.. “When a woman loves cats, I am her friend and comrade, without further introduction.”
The best way to get your dream job is to help someone who has it. Pretty simple really and once your value is clear money conversations are not nearly as scary as they are without proving your worth. You don’t have to sell then — your work sells itself. Over and out for now Vicki Jakes and will go check out your article now.
By the way, my senior citizen Canadian friend has been waiting 2 years for shoulder work. He can barely use his left arm. My ex wife had to wait 3 months just to get a cancer diagnosis. Which she had.
it’s okay
you know those days when you just want to be in your room, journal, sing a song, write and work on other creative projects? no obligations, no stress but just feeling 100% calm and relaxed. surrounded by books, food and your cat. sunshine peering through the window. the feeling of excitement when you start a new…
