Understanding ourselves and the world we live in.
I believe that asking the “right” questions can lead to the “right” answers. Because of this, I daily train myself to ask the most proper questions I can think of in the hope that this can make me better at it. Ok, answers will bring information and awareness, which can be frightening. This can... Continue Reading →
We are often told to act in alignment to what we feel. How we feel. For whom we feel. This notion of acting in alignment with our feelings can be a dangerous mindset. In fact, allow me to tell you that your feelings are completley overrated. They are unimportant. Look, there are only 2 reasons... Continue Reading →
Do you believe your life is the best it can be? Do you want it to be better? Why or why not? There are people that get into a certain point in life, which they enjoy and they want to live in that state their whole life, and there are also people that... Continue Reading →
Have you ever thought about how often you lie to yourself? Blasphemy, you might say. But is it? Whenever you say that tomorrow you’ll start something you feel a little good because you don’t need to start today, but when tomorrow comes, do you really start that thing? You’ll probably try to find some... Continue Reading →
Let’s take this example so commonly used by other people to prove this point. If they use it, it’s probably real so I’m going to use it too because I’m too lazy to think about a new one. Let’s say that you are a very hard worker in your company and you have excellent... Continue Reading →
Sometimes life makes us forget that living is not all about running around all day from one point to another trying to solve things. As you surely noticed, some situations has some “joyfulness” potential while others don’t have it. But how many of those joyful moments or situations do you have on a daily basis?... Continue Reading →
Provided by Brandi from Afrologik One thing that has been consistent over the decades is that people are always on some kind of trip. Be it political, religious, or health (to name a few), we are all on a journey for truth and a better life. I wouldn’t go so far as to... Continue Reading →
Now let’s get to something spicy: On a daily basis, what makes me angry and why? This question can help us identify the main sources that change our mood on a daily basis. Anger is one of our basic emotions so it has a great potential to make our day worse. When... Continue Reading →
Provided by MyStori from Believing & Learning Reader, I have a specific question for you. Are you ready to change the world? Jordan Peterson, a now widely known and respected “intellectual” doesn’t seem to think so. His ideology of the ability to change and even give advice to the world can be simply... Continue Reading →
Provided by William Darnell Sr. (Bill) from I Got A Dream In Mind No one said that stopping treatment was going to be so hard... I met with my doctor recently, and was done with therapy for lymphoma for close to a year and five months now. I hadn't been feeling well, and... Continue Reading →
Have you ever wondered how other people look back at their lives? Have you ever thought about what they remember the most about their past? What stories they have and want to share? What are they the most proud of? Each life is an adventure, but Reg and Sue’s life is one of... Continue Reading →
Provided by Reginald Spittle from carryoncouple As I read Fighting the Inside Dragons, I was half a world away from Bogdan Ignat, but his book made me feel like he was sitting in my living room, sharing his wisdom in a casual, conversational way. He was sassy, sarcastic, funny, and most importantly, real. ... Continue Reading →
Each action we make involves some energy, but where is all that energy coming from? You surely noticed that we feel more energized when we do certain actions compared with others even though no additional energy came in. It seems that whenever we like something, we somehow find more energy to invest in... Continue Reading →
Would it be possible to get anywhere if there wasn’t a path to that destination? A path is a way and if the way exists, why we sometimes behave as if it didn’t exist for us? It’s interesting how some invisible things (our thoughts) can f*ck up our lives. This mind we have... Continue Reading →
Provided by Brandi from Afrologik A lot of our “grown up” time on this planet is spent doing what we “have to do“. Working, paying bills, spending our time and energy on people and things that we probably wouldn’t choose on our own, but it’s what has to be done (adulting sucks!). If we... Continue Reading →
Provided by Troy Headrick from Thinker Boy: Blog & Art A little more than three years ago, I left my teaching job at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and moved back to the United States, the place where I was born. A clause in the contract I’d signed with AUC, way back when... Continue Reading →
Provided by Irina from copilariefericita In a village in Egypt lived a poor boy, which had a slow mind and a slow body. His greatest joy was to take long walks along the shore of river Nile. He did this every day. His mother was afraid that one day the boy will fall asleep... Continue Reading →
How often do you pay attention at your strengths compared to your weaknesses? Whatever your answer is, I’m sure that ratio can be improved. We would like to be flawless and because of it, we tend to focus more on our weaknesses, which is not necessarily a winning strategy. We’re all good at... Continue Reading →
How much time do you spend thinking about the past? Besides the obvious influence over your past self, how is it still influencing your present? When you think about your past, how do you feel? The first and most important influence the past has over our present is from an emotional point of... Continue Reading →
- Situation: you planned a meeting with one of your friends and in the last moment that person called to cancel it because something came up; - Internal monologue: “What? I cleared up my schedule so we can meet and this is how she treats me? We barely talk lately and I was really looking... Continue Reading →
