Everyone in life struggles. We experience struggle in our own unique ways. The glow from the streetlight outside your bedroom window in the night will cast a shadow across the contents of the bedroom in a way unique to the position of the light source. Struggle casts a shadow unto our life in a similar … Continue reading Stories
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Body & Mind
If you start off your day brushing your teeth you're surely engaging in an automatic behavior if you've been doing so for quite awhile now. Regardless of your age I hope this is true for you in one way shape or form. I'll go ahead and assume you're a brushing fanatic. Brushing your teeth isn't … Continue reading Body & Mind
Unpleasant Jewels
There are most certainly going to be times in life where we will find that we are faced with rather unpleasant emotions. While this is obvious, what might not be so obvious to us is the useful nature of such feelings when they arise. In an evolutionary sense these emotions can save our hides if … Continue reading Unpleasant Jewels
Napping Through Time
In the words of Winston Churchill "You must sleep between lunch, and dinner and no halfway measures. Take off your clothes and get into bed. That’s what I always do." He attributed his productivity to his ability to cut the day into two different sections, he swore by it and made arrangements for his napping … Continue reading Napping Through Time
Going on Gut
Every day we are subjected to situations be they routine or unusual that demand our attention. These are the experiences that impact us and very often others are sucked into the picture as well. If we are a problem solver or one prone to looking for the ways in which something can be improved the … Continue reading Going on Gut
Hard to Predict
We like to think that things are a lot worse than what they actually are before we take them on. Sometimes we are an accurate judge of the difficulty of an upcoming task but other times we are completely wrong and we generally tend to figure that out when we go to actually take on … Continue reading Hard to Predict
Routine Maintenance
Reptiles, cats, dogs, and all sorts of other living things are extremely good at hiding health problems. They can and will do so most times up until a point in which the issue is beginning to get a little out of hand. Unless we are quite observant we are not able to notice these things … Continue reading Routine Maintenance
Power in Speech
The way in which we communicate throughout our day leaves a lasting impression on our internal state. You've likely heard that as humans we are creatures of habit but have you given thought to just how far this idea goes? We can spot this quite simply in the way in which we begin to brush … Continue reading Power in Speech
To The Future
Its extremely common for us to think about the future. This has many obvious highlights as it is extremely important for us to do so in many different aspects of our lives. For instance, managing our finances with no planning ahead is bound to end in disaster. So far as we know, the future is … Continue reading To The Future
Impact
Life is full of easy times and tough times. Most of us grow up and enter the world hoping for a ride on easy street. If we get what we wish for would this make us into the best version of ourselves that we could become or would we become like the stagnant pond full … Continue reading Impact