Why am I so Hard on Myself?
Why does it always seem that no matter what you do, you can never be truly satisfied with your accomplishments? When you do something right, that is only meeting your basic requirements, but when you do something wrong you feel like an absolute failure. Why must you always be so hard on yourself? Why does it ...
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Look for the Helpers – How to Stay Positive in a World of Hate
Another mass shooting. Another terrorist attack. A missile let loose from a drone finds its way onto another wedding. White supremacists and Islamic Jihadists, authoritarians gaining power, civil wars raging. The news bombards you from every direction with fresh reports of the days dead, the summary of suffering. How is ...
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– Perseverance – How to Stop Giving Up
Do you feel like you can never accomplish your goals? You have all of these dreams and aspirations of where you want to be and what will make you happy, but always seem to give up before they come to fruition. You probably look back at all the times you have failed and believe it is because of some detrimental aspect of ...
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To Not Fear Death
One day, you, and everyone you have ever known and loved, will die. Does that realization scare you? Humans are hardwired to be afraid of the unknown, and regardless of what many will claim, what happens to our consciousness after we die is a mystery. All we have ever known is the reality created in our brains ...
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American GoGo
You wake up earlier than you want to, earlier than is healthy, and you are already running late. The list of things you need to complete cannot physically be done in the time you have, and this is before you even leave for work. You work most of your day, you have too much to get done so you work through lunch. You don’t ...
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Empathy
"When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you." -Susan Sarandon What do you feel when you see the suffering of another? When you see a living being in pain, do you, yourself, feel pain? Or do you discard it because that person is of no relation to you, their ...
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From Struggle to Strength
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead Sometimes life can feel like ice skating uphill. Every time you think you have made it to the top, or even just a comfortable resting spot, you slip and come crashing ...
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