Perspective

The doctors said I had a neurological condition that made it hard for me to distinguish between objects that were small and close, and objects that were big and far away. I didn’t know what all those big words meant, so Daddy tried to explain it to me. We were…

How preparing for hiking can give perspective — Preparing your bag for hiking is never an easy task. You need enough to be able to survive out there, but too much and you risk literally weighing yourself down. Plus, going out in spring or autumn is much more unpredictable than going out in the height of summer, or…

a comment on an image I found somewhere else: Hell is a perspective. When you are in hell, flip the coin and you are in heaven. The carnival is heavenlish hell and hellish heaven. Pay homage to the abstruse. Pay homage to life by living and give what you can and then forgive me for commenting on your picture, while disabling comments on mine. Cheers Christopher!

WE MUST CONTEMPLATE SOME EXTREMELY UNPLEASANT POSSIBILITY, JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO AVOID THEM. ALBERT WOHLSTETTER I was reading a book called the obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday where I came across a technique designed by psychologist Gary Klein known as pre- mortem. In it, we look to…

A silly signboard I saw reminded me how little I’ve seen of the world thus far. — It was a regular work day and I had a sudden lunch date with my husband which took us through unknown streets that revealed another side of our town to me. We had an errand to run in town and so we took the opportunity to take a walk around…

Climbing steep slopes — When you film yourself climbing mountains, you realise how difficult it is to show how steep the mountain is. …

Growing up, I always felt like the odd one out. My parents never quite understood my way of thinking, and they were baffled by my unconventional life choices. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be a college dropout turned cannabis connoisseur (Yes Legally, No not in India😇) turned ADMan and…

I often catch myself wishing that someone could understand my mindset. then I think maybe not. if there was someone that understood my need to be gone and be free that would mean that they have or have had that same need. I would not want anyone to know what the painful realization is like. the realization that the only solution. the only way to no longer hurt. the only way to be free. the only way to no longer be a burden.

How to not let our emotions get the best of us? You must understand that you are not your thoughts. By implication, you are also not your emotions. You can say that thoughts and emotions form who you are but it is only a fraction of yourself. Who you truly…