Just Relax
"Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand- relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it." - Osho. Summer is traditionally a time for
Big Sky Baby
Your Purpose
Coddiwomple (v.) - to travel in a purposeful manner towards a vague destination. I like the image this word brings to my mind. I see myself, eyes set to the horizon, putting some effort into carrying myself along, but really having no idea where exactly I am going. Just somewhere
Doubts
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."- William Shakespeare. I recently bought a course on ghostwriting. For Lesson One, I am supposed to update my social media profile bio to let the world know that I
Fantasy
Can there be anything more fun than immersing yourself in another world? Just let the images of another place, a different time, and new people fill your mind and crowd out the problems of your current existence. "The true horror of existence is not the fear of death, but
Choices
One of the most famous defectors from North Korea is a lovely woman named Yeonmi Park. She is a champion for the use of personal freedom and individual choices, but she did not always believe. She wrote in her memoir, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's
Destruction
"The first act of creation is often an act of destruction." - Picasso. In Hindu mythology, Shiva is the god of destruction and rules with Brahma, the creator, and Vishnu, the preserver. Destruction is seen as a necessary part of the never-ending circle of creation, preservation, and destruction.
Laughing At Life
"The only intelligent tactical response to life's horror is to laugh defiantly at it." - Soren Kierkegaard. Life can be hard, and sometimes the bad things keep piling up to the point where there is nothing left to do but choose to end it or laugh.
Potential
I have been thinking about the potential for greatness we see in others lately, what it means, and why it matters. Usually, when contemplating this subject, I think of the quote "Don't fall in love with potential." - Marshall Sylver. I nod and laugh bitterly. Love
Who am I?
"Do not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same." - Michel Foucault. I am deeply drawn to that quote. I love the shortness of it, the lack of explanation, the hard truth people seem to feel uncomfortable hearing. We like to go
Belonging
There is a lot of self-help advice that trumpets the idea that you don't need anyone, ever. Also that if you encounter any issues with people, then leave; you don't need to put up with them. I must admit that this philosophy is something that any
Relationship Advice
I am not qualified to give any advice on this topic. Life always has a way of presenting interesting topics for me to explore, though, so here we are. My son has recently fallen madly in love with a wonderful girl, smart, funny, driven, kind, and head over heels for
Mirrors
The mirror in the tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cannot lie. The Evil Queen obsessively used the mirror to validate her beauty. If she had loved herself enough to realize that she did not need anyone from the outside to dictate her worth, she would not have